The "Naughty or Nice" List of Retailers

Just in time as we rush around shopping for Christmas presents, the American Family Association has come up with a list of retailers which are "Nice" and "promote and celebrate Christmas on an exceptional basis" and a list of companies that are "Naughty" and may "use Christmas sparingly in a single or unique product description", but as companies, do "not recognize it". They also have other companies listed that fall somewhere in between. You might want to thank those retailers who have not caved in to pressure from the Zeitgeist to remove the word "Christmas" from our lexicon by shopping in their stores.

The full list is here, but here are the "Nice",

• AFA Online Store 
• Cracker Barrel 
• Hobby Lobby 
• Kirkland's 
• Lowe's 
• Michael's Stores 
• Wal-Mart 
• 1-800-Flowers.com 
• Ace Hardware 
• Banana Republic 
• Bass Pro Shops 
• Bath & Body Works 
• Bed Bath & Beyond 
• Belk 
• Big Lots 
• Books-A-Million 
• Cabela's 
• Dick's Sporting Goods 
• Dillards 
• Do-It-Best Hardware 
• Dollar Tree 
• Fred's 
• H.E.B. Stores 
• HSN.com 
• Hallmark 
• Harris Teeter Stores 
• Home Depot 
• Hy-Vee Stores 
• JCPenney 
• JoAnn Fabrics 
• Kmart Kroger 
• L.L. Bean 
• Macy's 
• Marshalls 
• Meijer 
• Menard's 
• Neiman Marcus 
• Pier One Imports 
• ProFlowers.com 
• Publix 
• QVC.com 
• Rite Aid 
• Sam's Club 
• Scheels Sporting Goods 
• Super D Drug 
• TJ Maxx 
• Toys R Us 
• True Value

And here are the "Naughty",

• Academy Sports + Outdoors 
• Barnes & Noble 
• Best Buy 
• Dollar General 
• Family Dollar 
• Foot Locker 
• Gap, Inc. 
• The Limited 
• Maurice's 
• Nordstrom 
• Office Depot 
• Office Max 
• Pet Smart 
• Staples 
• Stein Mart 
• Supervalu 
• UncommonGoods.com 
• Victoria's Secret

When I look through this list, I notice that I have mostly avoided the "Naughty" with one exception.

I leave it up to my audience's imagination to guess which naughty store in which I shopped this year.