... I agree, they probably do. it's about sales. That is why they are there.

But, as I posted downthread, buisness is buisness - and the gift-giving frenzy this time of year is not a particularly "Christian" activity.

We have a parallel holiday running each December 25 - the "Christmas" of Jesus Chist, celebrated in churches and homes across the country, and the commercial "X-mas" or "Holiday Season" celebrated in the Wal-marts and Targets - as well as in homes across the country - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Pagan homes, too.

Christmas is HUGE in Japan - which has something like a 3% of the population identifying as "Christian".

I see no issue with "Season Greetings" in a commercial venue - and I certainly would not want commercial concerns claiming the "right" to advertise their sales in churches or within church bulletins.

This whole debate is a rubric by the Right to make themselves look like victims, yet again, so they can rile up the "rightous indignation" of the Neocon "Christians" [and, as a fellow progressive Christian, we both know why I put that in quotes!]