{"id":7589,"date":"2025-11-30T04:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2025-11-30T04:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:49:58","slug":"10-major-retail-stores-take-a-stand-to-say-merry-christmas-instead-of-happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=7589","title":{"rendered":"10 Major Retail Stores Take A Stand To Say \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d Instead Of Happy Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The backlash was loud. The silence from store clerks was louder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For years, \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d seemed to vanish under a bland, careful \u201cHappy Holidays.\u201d Now, a growing band of major retailers is refusing to back down, openly embracing Christmas by name\u2014on signs, in ads, and at the register.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some are risking boycotts. Others are winning fierce loy\u2026 <strong>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether shoppers agree or not, these companies are acknowledging that Christmas is more than a sales event. For many families, it is a sacred story, a shared memory, a name that still matters. When a cashier looks up and says \u201cMerry Christmas,\u201d it can feel like a small but powerful recognition: your traditions are seen, your beliefs are welcome here. In a divided time, that simple greeting becomes a quiet, shining act of cou.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7590\" src=\"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0618.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0618.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0618-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0618-80x80.jpeg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The backlash was loud. The silence from store clerks was louder. &nbsp; For years, \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d seemed to vanish under a bland, careful \u201cHappy Holidays.\u201d Now, a growing band of major retailers is refusing&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7591,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions\/7591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}