Wal-Mart Bans "Merry Christmas"

It's true! Wal-Mart has banned its employees from saying Merry Christmas, unless it has been said to them first.

When the Wal-Mart corporate offices answered my call I asked them "Is it true that Wal-Mart is restricting the use of the phrase "Merry Christmas" in their stores?"

She answered "Yes. We have given notice that the words Happy Holidays should be said in place of Merry Christmas."

I asked "Why would Wal-Mart do this?"

She said, "Because not everyone celebrates Christmas. We don't want to offend anyone."

I asked "What would happen to someone that said Merry Christmas?"

"To who?" she said.

I asked again "What would happen to a customer if they said Merry Christmas and what would happen to an employee if they said Merry Christmas first?"

She hesitated and said "I don't think anything would happen to a customer."

I asked again "What will happen to an employee?"

She hesitated again before saying "I don't think they will be fired." But what will happen? Will they be wrote up?" "I don't know. I don't think anything will happen to them."

I asked, "Isn't it a bit hypocritical to sell and make lots of money off of any item that has to do with Christmas, religion, angels, crosses, books out of your Bible or Spirituality center, and even the Easter baskets?"

She said "I understand."

When I asked who decided that Happy Holidays should be said, she asked me to hold on a minute. When she came back on, she apologized for placing me on hold and I said that it was ok.

I asked again who decided this, she replied "The higher ups."

I asked "Who exactly decided this? Surely there must have been a board of directors or someone that specifically decided. Who was these people?"

She said "Well, Lee Scott for one."

I said "Who else?"

"The higher ups. The CEOs and higher."

I thanked her for her time and she thanked me for calling.

I plead with all that believe in the spirit and reason for Christmas, even if not in the strictest religious of reasons, to say Merry Christmas to every Wal-Mart employee you see in the store. If you can and have the nerve, stand at their door and wish everyone a Merry Christmas that comes through.