{"id":2374240,"date":"2024-11-28T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merry-christmas-signs-spotted-at-target-as-gay-santa-phased-out-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T18:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:42:59","slug":"merry-christmas-signs-spotted-at-target-as-gay-santa-phased-out-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merry-christmas-signs-spotted-at-target-as-gay-santa-phased-out-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Merry Christmas\u2019 signs spotted at Target as \u2018gay Santa\u2019 phased out &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmerry-christmas-signs-spotted-at-target-as-gay-santa-phased-out-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the \u200breturn of \u200d&#8221;Merry Christmas&#8221; signs in Target stores, which \u200cshoppers have recently noticed after a period where the phrase was largely phased out. This unexpected revival has \u2063been celebrated on social media, with customers sharing images of the signage. The \u2062retailer&#8217;s website now also features \u2062&#8221;The Everything Christmas Shop,&#8221; promoting its Christmas merchandise. Despite inquiries \u200dfrom the \u200cWashington Examiner, Target stated\u2063 that the \u2063signs are &#8220;not \u2062new.&#8221; \u200dPrior to this change, a marketing campaign launched on November 1 emphasized &#8220;Happier Holidays&#8221; but did not include\u2064 the phrase &#8220;Merry Christmas.&#8221; The article highlights the cultural shift and mixed reception surrounding the use of holiday greetings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/return-of-mandatory-masks-boris-johnson-announces-tighter-rules-in-response-to-omicron-variant\/\" title=\"Return of Mandatory Masks: Boris Johnson Announces &#039;Tighter Rules&#039; in Response to Omicron Variant\">retail settings<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Merry Christmas&rsquo; signs spotted at Target as &lsquo;gay Santa&rsquo; phased out<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1890860\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Christmas<\/a> has returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Target<\/a> stores in an unexpected fashion this year, as several shoppers have spotted &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; signs within stores in recent days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The saying, which had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/pauljankowski\/2011\/12\/15\/is-saying-merry-christmas-politically-correct-good-for-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">phased out <\/a>by the chain for several years, made an unannounced return this season, prompting shoppers to share and celebrate the discovery of the phrase&rsquo;s return on social media. The retailer&rsquo;s website also promotes &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.target.com\/c\/christmas\/-\/N-5xt30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Everything Christmas Shop<\/a>,&rdquo; a section of the website promoting the retailer&rsquo;s Christmas merchandise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice job <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Target?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Target<\/a>! Merry Christmas! &#127877;&#127995;&#127876;&#127482;&#127480; this was taken inside the store in Falls Church, Virginia. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/merrychristmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#merrychristmas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tistheseason?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tistheseason<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blackfriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blackfriday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shopping?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shopping<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/retail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#retail<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/holidays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#holidays<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aaOItufMZK\">pic.twitter.com\/aaOItufMZK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maria Leaf (@MariaLeaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaLeaf\/status\/1861558469335130146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Target has signs that say, &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;Happy Holidays.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Era has begun. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQVPnsEXVQ\">pic.twitter.com\/DQVPnsEXVQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brittany Hugoboom (@BritHugoboom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritHugoboom\/status\/1854369847444127822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> inquired about the unceremonious return of the phrase &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; to Target, to which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-loses-his-business-after-insulting-lebron-james-on-facebook\/\" title=\"Man Loses His Business After Insulting LeBron James On Facebook\">chain responded<\/a> the signs are &ldquo;not new.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; sign within a Target store. (Photo credit: Target)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Nov. 1, Target issued an article previewing its &ldquo;Happier Holidays from Target&rdquo; marketing campaign, which included an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-living-color-actor-david-alan-grier-ponders-how-white-people-will-blame-black-people-for-russian-invasion-of-ukraine\/\" title=\"\u201cIn Living Color\u201d Actor David Alan Grier Ponders How White People Will Blame Black People for Russian Invasion of Ukraine\">ad showcasing<\/a> a boy and his mother visiting a Target store that quickly transforms into a winter wonderland. However, the phrase &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; is absent from this ad.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ku1mDFdkwBQ?si=hpOQLtfqppwBBgko\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The return of &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; signage in Target stores comes a year after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2437117\/targets-newest-pride-strategist-bringing-a-whole-new-lgbt-spirit-to-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">it aimed to bring LGBT-themed Christmas decorations<\/a> to its festivities, which included selling gay Santas and LGBT-themed nutcrackers. These products are now absent from Target&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3000535\/target-scale-back-pride-collection-select-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Target opted not to offer its Pride collection in all of its stores<\/a>, ending an annual tradition that had occurred since 2012. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">chain previously faced major pushback<\/a> from consumers over its Pride collection in 2023, which included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/621635\/target-pride-month-partner-boasts-about-satanism-satan-respects-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">collaborating with a designer celebrating satanism<\/a>. Estimated losses due to boycotts related to this merchandise were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/target-hires-pride-strategist-who-vows-to-make-trouble-debuts-rainbow-nutcrackers-for-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a>&nbsp;around $15 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1890860\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1890860\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas&#8221; signs have reappeared at Target, surprising shoppers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2374241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Edited-Target-Photo-scaled-1024x610.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6922,45834,45835,4650,32076],"class_list":["post-2374240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christmas","tag-gay-santa","tag-holiday-signs","tag-target","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Edited-Target-Photo-scaled-1024x610.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374244,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374240\/revisions\/2374244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}