Best Buy Ad's Mention Of Muslim Holiday Irks Some Customers

Most retailers shy away from "Christmas" because it is a direct reference to Christ/Christianity. They usually go with "Happy Holidays/New Year/Season's Greetings" which is more ambiguous/sterile.

It's a dumb PR move by Best Buy to publish a Muslim religious holiday and not a Christian one.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

I mean seriously, the "attack on Christmas/America/Jeebus" crowd just loves stuff like this.

Talk about giving a dog a bone.

 

As a non-Christian and non-Muslim I am not bothered with the inclusion or exclusion of mentioning Eid or Christmas in ads but for those who are religious I'm wondering do you think it cheapens the religious celebration to have them used for advertizing the electronic sales?

 

I think there's a big difference in using it "in" and ad and "for" an ad.

Like, if you have Mary and the baby Jesus pimping a PS3... that's in poor taste.

Although technically sacreligious. Just referencing the season is not really offensive in my eyes.

 

I would love to see their rationale for this.

 

Their rationale is that they live in a country which they think is governed by Jesus. A Jesus whom they think apparently taught that inclusion and tolerance are for p*ssies.

 

Good luck finding it.

 

I have no problem with them acknowledging a Muslim holiday. But to do so while avoiding the use of the word "Christmas" is just freakin' stupid. I'm not surprised people got pissed.

 

Sounds to me like someone in BB's marketing dept didn't do their homework on Eid al-Adha.

 

It makes no sense to me why retailers don't put Christmas in their ads. After all, folks are buying Christmas gifts. The celebration on 12/25 is known as Christmas. If non-Christians get up in arms about Christmas, then they shouldn't celebrate it.

 

The irony of someone being upset for not mentioning "christmas" in the commericialization of christmas. unbelievable

 

How many more people do you think using "Christmas" would draw in for sales?

 

isn't giving gifts around this time a pagan tradition orginally (just to be argumentative)

 

The ad in and of itself does not offend me as a Christian. I like seeing stuff that supports religious holidays. Christianity aint the only game in town. Granted its probably the biggest in the US, but that doesnt mean to ignore the others.


However, including the Islamic holiday but excluding the Christian one was just plain dumb. As Donny said more fuel to the fire for the conspiracy theorists.

 

I beleive it was combined in Europe. Because if you look at the Jesus birth story in the bible, it was probably mid spring. I believe the tree portion of Christmas was of Germanic origin.

Thats what I dont understand in why businesses refuse to write Christmas in ads and signs and whatever. It's a melting pot holiday, very much like the US as a whole. Sure, its probably nowadays most famous for a Christian holiday, but it has origins from many areas and cultures in Europe.

Not to diminish anything from Christians who celebrate Jesus' birth, as its the accepted time to do that.

 

Am I the only one to notice the Angels and Demons movie being displayed in the TV?

They mention a muslim holiday, but don't mention Christmas. Out of the thousands of movies to choose from, they pick Angels and Demons, the Da Vinci Code sequel.

 

Well, its the hot new release of the week. Is kinda funny.

 

The reason to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" is simple - there are other cultures that celebrate other holidays around then and you want to include everyone without specifically pointing out each. You have different religions as well as atheists celebrating during the late December period, and it would be impossible to mention them all.

The Eid Al-Adha included along with Thanksgiving - again, including everyone.

The goal is purely commercial - to include as many people as possible to get people in their stores. If anyone has a better way of including everyone during Christmas time than "Happy Holidays", I'm guessing they'd be happy to consider it. As was pointed out in the article, they do have gift cards and stuff that does mention Christmas specifically.

 

Best buy is like tmac. They celebrate one holiday they get blasted, and if they don't celebrate a holiday they get blasted.