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	<title>Defend Christmas &#187; Not-so-Merry Merchants</title>
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	<description>The War on the War on Christmas</description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Department Store Features Sexy Nativity Display</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/04/los-angeles-department-store-features-sexy-nativity-display/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Los Angelinos should be no stranger to sexy shenanigans.  After all, they are the center of Hollywood, so they undoubtedly see a whole lot of weird things.  However, a Christmas window display at the clothing store Madison has somehow managed to get the locals riled up, if only due to the content.  [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Los Angeles Department Store Features Sexy Nativity Display", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/04/los-angeles-department-store-features-sexy-nativity-display/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Best Buy Shines Christmas Spotlight on Themselves with Muslim Nod</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/11/24/best-buy-shines-christmas-spotlight-on-themselves-with-muslim-nod/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best Buy just put themselves in the middle of the War on Christmas. A Best Buy ad with a Muslim theme is raising questions of how retailers should mark religious holidays.
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		<title>Churches Get Ok to Sell Christmas Trees Again</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2008/07/26/churches-get-ok-to-sell-christmas-trees-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It came as a major &#8220;hum-bug&#8221; to church fundraisers last year in Murfeesboro, Tennessee. A city ordinance limiting Christmas-tree sales threatened a decades-old tradition for local churches who used the seasonal event to raise funds. This week the city council gave them a little &#8220;Christmas-in-July&#8221; present. 
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		<title>Liberty Counsel&#8217;s Naughty List of Retailers Shunning Christmas</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2007/11/17/liberty-counsels-naughty-list-of-retailers-shunning-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bah Humbug]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Counsel, an advocacy group supporting traditional family values, just published their 5th Annual Naughty &#38; Nice List highlighting those retailers avoiding use of the word &#8220;Christmas&#8221;. The aim of the campaign is to draw attention to the slow decay of support of Christmas as a religious celebration in America. Here are this year&#8217;s offenders:
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		<title>Retailers Cave to Pressure a Week Before Black Friday</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2007/11/17/retailers-cave-to-pressure-a-week-before-black-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Not-so-Merry Merchants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Family Association  won what they consider two key battles in the War on Christmas just a week before Black Friday 2007. Targeting Lowe&#8217;s Home Improvement Centers and Petsmart for being anti-Christmas, their campaigns to spread the word have resulted in immediate backpeddling by both retailers.
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		<title>Santas Get Last Laugh in Ho-Ho-Ho Debate</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2007/11/17/santas-get-last-laugh-in-ho-ho-ho-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A California-based temp staffing agency banned the phrase &#8220;Ho-ho-ho!&#8221; for Santas they were employing in the South Pacific. Their training of new Santas suggested the term could be taken as an offense to women, especially in light of the Don Imus flap earlier in 2007.
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		<title>Ho, Ho, Ho Bad for Kiddies</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2007/11/13/ho-ho-ho-bad-for-kiddies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bah Humbug]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are concerns that a New Zealand company may try and ban santas at certain shopping malls from saying &#8220;ho ho ho&#8221;.
Recruitment company Westaff has instructed its santas at Australian malls to tone it down or say &#8220;ha ha ha&#8221; instead.
It believes &#8220;ho ho ho&#8221; might scare children.
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		<title>Mrs. Fields Attacked for Avoiding Christmas</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2007/10/16/mrs-fields-attacked-for-avoiding-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bah Humbug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Family Association took aim at Wal Mart last year &#8212; and won. After declaring &#8220;an open mind&#8221; when it came to the use of the word &#8220;Christmas&#8221; in their advertising, Wal Mart caved and splashed &#8220;Christmas&#8221; liberally. This year, the American Family Association is targeting a more upscale outfit: Mrs. Field&#8217;s Cookies.
Last Thursday, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mrs. Fields Attacked for Avoiding Christmas", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2007/10/16/mrs-fields-attacked-for-avoiding-christmas/" });</script>]]></description>
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