Keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas!

Recession-Stung Stores Plan Old-Fashioned Holidays
Stores embrace old-fashioned holiday with the classics _ gingerbread and red, green and gold
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK October 4, 2009 (AP) The Associated

Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.

In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations adorn the shelves of a...
In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations adorn the shelves of a Home Depot in Downers Grove, Ill. Home Depot, which had experimented in the past with of-the-moment hues of purple and brown for holiday decor, is going back to red, green and gold.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
(AP)Retailers hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recession-weary consumers to open their wallets in a season expected to show flat sales at best.

That means shoppers will see more gingerbread houses and peppermint crunch cookies, and fewer exotic teas and flavored olive oils; classic ball ornaments instead of offbeat cowboys or cartoon-themed character figures; and an emphasis on simple festive wear like shimmery tops instead of elaborately beaded gowns.

Traditional Christmas colors — red, green and gold — are also back.

That's a big departure from recent years when stores pushed the whimsical and splashy, from the upside-down Christmas tree fad in 2007 to stockings adorned with mermaids and elephants. Stores, wary after the sudden, deep drop in spending late last year, seek to tap into an American psyche that wants comfort and affordability after so many shocks.

A lot is riding on the switch, because holiday sales account for up to 40 percent of annual sales for many merchants. For retailers already hobbled, it could be a do-or-die season.

Industry worries are high because shoppers, who were afraid to buy a year ago, are now grappling with rising job losses, reduced hours or unavailable credit. The unemployment rate is now 9.7 percent, up from around 7 percent last holiday season.

"When the world feels upside down, you don't want your tree to be," said Kit Yarrow, professor of consumer psychology at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. "Nostalgia is a way for people to feel safe."

Last fall's spending falloff came too late for the industry to overhaul its products in time for the holidays. Stores typically start planning for Christmas a year in advance. Starting in the depths of the meltdown, stores ditched their 2009 plans in favor of more comforting themes, which appear to be striking the right note for an economy that continues to lose jobs and that has only tentative patches of stabilization.

Support those that keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas & Say Merry Christmas rather than Happy Holidays.

And no satanic christmas ornaments please! We don't want to see the antiCHRIST, obama, in any of the ornaments! Any store that does, BOYCOTT it!

LigerOmniPotentMaxx wrote:

Recession-Stung Stores Plan Old-Fashioned Holidays
Stores embrace old-fashioned holiday with the classics _ gingerbread and red, green and gold
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK October 4, 2009 (AP) The Associated
Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.
In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations adorn the shelves of a...
In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations adorn the shelves of a Home Depot in Downers Grove, Ill. Home Depot, which had experimented in the past with of-the-moment hues of purple and brown for holiday decor, is going back to red, green and gold.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
(AP)Retailers hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recession-weary consumers to open their wallets in a season expected to show flat sales at best.
That means shoppers will see more gingerbread houses and peppermint crunch cookies, and fewer exotic teas and flavored olive oils; classic ball ornaments instead of offbeat cowboys or cartoon-themed character figures; and an emphasis on simple festive wear like shimmery tops instead of elaborately beaded gowns.
Traditional Christmas colors — red, green and gold — are also back.
That's a big departure from recent years when stores pushed the whimsical and splashy, from the upside-down Christmas tree fad in 2007 to stockings adorned with mermaids and elephants. Stores, wary after the sudden, deep drop in spending late last year, seek to tap into an American psyche that wants comfort and affordability after so many shocks.
A lot is riding on the switch, because holiday sales account for up to 40 percent of annual sales for many merchants. For retailers already hobbled, it could be a do-or-die season.
Industry worries are high because shoppers, who were afraid to buy a year ago, are now grappling with rising job losses, reduced hours or unavailable credit. The unemployment rate is now 9.7 percent, up from around 7 percent last holiday season.
"When the world feels upside down, you don't want your tree to be," said Kit Yarrow, professor of consumer psychology at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. "Nostalgia is a way for people to feel safe."
Last fall's spending falloff came too late for the industry to overhaul its products in time for the holidays. Stores typically start planning for Christmas a year in advance. Starting in the depths of the meltdown, stores ditched their 2009 plans in favor of more comforting themes, which appear to be striking the right note for an economy that continues to lose jobs and that has only tentative patches of stabilization.
Support those that keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas & Say Merry Christmas rather than Happy Holidays.
And no satanic christmas ornaments please! We don't want to see the antiCHRIST, obama, in any of the ornaments! Any store that does, BOYCOTT it!

Yes Father Liger,lets boycott these stores!!! you stupid.stupid thinking old man...

LigerOmniPotentMaxx wrote:

Recession-Stung Stores Plan Old-Fashioned Holidays
Stores embrace old-fashioned holiday with the classics _ gingerbread and red, green and gold
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK October 4, 2009 (AP) The Associated
Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.
In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations adorn the shelves of a...
In this photo made Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, displays of Christmas decorations adorn the shelves of a Home Depot in Downers Grove, Ill. Home Depot, which had experimented in the past with of-the-moment hues of purple and brown for holiday decor, is going back to red, green and gold.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
(AP)Retailers hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recession-weary consumers to open their wallets in a season expected to show flat sales at best.
That means shoppers will see more gingerbread houses and peppermint crunch cookies, and fewer exotic teas and flavored olive oils; classic ball ornaments instead of offbeat cowboys or cartoon-themed character figures; and an emphasis on simple festive wear like shimmery tops instead of elaborately beaded gowns.
Traditional Christmas colors — red, green and gold — are also back.
That's a big departure from recent years when stores pushed the whimsical and splashy, from the upside-down Christmas tree fad in 2007 to stockings adorned with mermaids and elephants. Stores, wary after the sudden, deep drop in spending late last year, seek to tap into an American psyche that wants comfort and affordability after so many shocks.
A lot is riding on the switch, because holiday sales account for up to 40 percent of annual sales for many merchants. For retailers already hobbled, it could be a do-or-die season.
Industry worries are high because shoppers, who were afraid to buy a year ago, are now grappling with rising job losses, reduced hours or unavailable credit. The unemployment rate is now 9.7 percent, up from around 7 percent last holiday season.
"When the world feels upside down, you don't want your tree to be," said Kit Yarrow, professor of consumer psychology at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. "Nostalgia is a way for people to feel safe."
Last fall's spending falloff came too late for the industry to overhaul its products in time for the holidays. Stores typically start planning for Christmas a year in advance. Starting in the depths of the meltdown, stores ditched their 2009 plans in favor of more comforting themes, which appear to be striking the right note for an economy that continues to lose jobs and that has only tentative patches of stabilization.
Support those that keep CHRIST in CHRISTmas & Say Merry Christmas rather than Happy Holidays.
And no satanic christmas ornaments please! We don't want to see the antiCHRIST, obama, in any of the ornaments! Any store that does, BOYCOTT it!

You are such a good Christian aren't you? Should we vote for you for mayor?

You get stupider by the minute.

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are such a good Christian aren't you? Should we vote for you for mayor?
You get stupider by the minute.

Mrs Cherokee you are a very mentally sick lady. Besides being a lesian you are an atheist too. Why don't you go back to your beloved Venezuela and kiss Chavez'ász...please!

WE JUST DONT CARE wrote:

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Mrs Cherokee you are a very mentally sick lady. Besides being a lesian you are an atheist too. Why don't you go back to your beloved Venezuela and kiss Chavez'ász...please!

En efecto parece que el mojon no es un hombre sino una mujer haciendo el papel de el mojon. Ese ojo en el avatar solo muna mujer escogeria eso, bueno puede ser un pato que dee veras se cree mujer o un transexual.

CHRIST always with me, not just during the season.
You defile the name of GOD in you dirty discusting discussions.
you are probably in jail somewhere, you should have picked up the cross long before you got into trouble.

WE JUST DONT CARE wrote:

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Mrs Cherokee you are a very mentally sick lady. Besides being a lesian you are an atheist too. Why don't you go back to your beloved Venezuela and kiss Chavez'ász...please!

Pobrecita!

IMAFREEMAN wrote:

CHRIST always with me, not just during the season.
You defile the name of GOD in you dirty discusting discussions.
you are probably in jail somewhere, you should have picked up the cross long before you got into trouble.

You are very intelligent

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

"El chancho"(so called by his fellows due to his odor similar to boiled kidneys, due to his poor hygiene and lack of bathing or showering) che guevara was the communist pig that gave the firing squad to many innocent Cubans and took great delight in doing so. He was a racist and particularly enjoyed humiliating the Cuban negroes & mulatoes as well as the native Amerindian Mexicans whom he despised and made no effort to conceal while he was in Mexico.
Since he was a commander just like fidel, and was bolder than fidel, he enjoyed great power. fidel did not like the competition so he send him off on mission to Bolivia, where he was killed as fidel expected. This gave the revolution a martyr, while removing the competition, as well as producing an icon for the revolution.
It is said by those that found che, that he said: "Don't shoot, don't shoot I'm che & I'm worth more alive than dead, don't shoot" The soldiers that found him laughed & told him to say his last prayers, he cursed God, begged, cried, made offers to his captors, whined, wet his pants, soiled his pants, sobbed, BANG! Justice was done!
He who had killed so many, and took so much delight in doing it, died like the coward he was!
Good riddance, the stinking "chancho" is dead!
**********What few people know is that while he claimed the title Doctor while he lived in Cuba, he never graduated from Medical School. The reason his fellow revolutionaries called him "che" was originally to denigrate him, because they refused to call him doctor or commandante, since those close to him looked down on him. The nickname stuck, and since in the Cuban jargon the word is unknown, it readily identified him. The people of Argentina use this word very liberally just as the Americans use the word "dude" or "man" or "guy". The myth is that he was a guerrilla expert, facts are that he never, not once, carried out a successful guerrilla activity.]********

WE JUST DONT CARE wrote:

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Mrs Cherokee you are a very mentally sick lady. Besides being a lesian you are an atheist too. Why don't you go back to your beloved Venezuela and kiss Chavez'ász...please!

why don't you Cubans go and free your country? Lazy azzes

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

Cherokee,lo que te faltaba por hacer!!!!!!!!!! Ahora, tu mismo le dices a otro de tus personajes de que es inteligente! Vieja,tu estas tostada!

Bruja negra wrote:

<quoted text>why don't you Cubans go and free your country? Lazy azzes

As soon as you Venezuelans do the same!Lazy indigenas!Why don't you people take your bows and arrows and attack Chavez?

LigerOmniPotentMaxx wrote:

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En efecto parece que el mojon no es un hombre sino una mujer haciendo el papel de el mojon. Ese ojo en el avatar solo muna mujer escogeria eso, bueno puede ser un pato que dee veras se cree mujer o un transexual.

Definitivamente no es un hombre!

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

IMAFREEMAN wrote:

<quoted text>FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE!!

IMAFREEMAN wrote:

<quoted text>FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE!!

IMAFREEMAN wrote:

<quoted text>FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE!!

IMAFREEMAN wrote:

<quoted text>FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE!!

IMAFREEMAN wrote:

<quoted text>FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE!!

PERO LA PREGUNTA SIGUE SIN CONTESTA

WE JUST DONT CARE wrote:

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Definitivamente no es un hombre!

Es obvio!

mammy wrote:

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PERO LA PREGUNTA SIGUE SIN CONTESTA

mamaynes, porque no te vas par carajo?

Cherokee wrote:

<quoted text>You are very intelligent

i am very sad knowing why you post these threads about CHRIST, there will be reckoning.
i know you are all strong and fear not GOD, i hope you are forgiven.

Bruja negra
why don't you Cubans go and free your country? Lazy azzes
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Its hard to free Cuba when most of us are cowards.

WE JUST DONT CARE wrote:

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Definitivamente no es un hombre!

Yes, definitely you are not a patriot