Best Buy Omits ‘Christmas’ In Its Ad

Here we go again. For several years now retailers have been reluctant us use the word “Christmas” in their advertising, opting instead for the word “holiday”.  Christmas is so, well, religious. Who are they afraid of offending – Christmas loving Christians? Apparently Best Buy thinks it should embrace Muslims instead, with their Thanksgiving flyer that says plainly, “Happy Eid al-Adha”. I guess Best Buy thinks that will make Americans all warm and fuzzy and will take their family right over to their local store. Forget the fact that Muslims make up a tiny portion of the U.S. population. Perhaps they don’t want to offend Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood terrorist. Oops, I said a bad word, “terrorist”. Well, I’ll just say it again – Nidal Hasan is a terrorist who happens to be Muslim.

Best Buy Ad

Best Buy Ad

As you can imagine this ad sparked some 100 comments on the Best Buy website. Some were supportive but most were not.  A Best Buy supervisor named Elizabeth responded to the comments with the following statement :

“Thanks for sharing your point of view regarding our recent ad, which included a wish for a “Happy Eid al-Adha”.

Gee, thanks Elizabeth, that cleared up a LOT of questions.

I would like to add more thing: Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas.

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