Merry Christmas Target
Claim: Target has banned use of the phrase "Merry Christmas" in its stores and advertising.
Status: Multiple:
Target prohibited store employees from using the phrase "Merry Christmas" with customers: False.
Target eschewed use of the word "Christmas" in its promotional material at the start of the 2005 holiday season: True.
Target responded to public pressure during the second week of December 2005 and began using the word "Christmas" in its promotional material: True.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2005]
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/targetxmas.asp
Claim: Target has banned use of the phrase "Merry Christmas" in its stores and advertising.
Status: Multiple:
Target prohibited store employees from using the phrase "Merry Christmas" with customers: False.
Target eschewed use of the word "Christmas" in its promotional material at the start of the 2005 holiday season: True.
Target responded to public pressure during the second week of December 2005 and began using the word "Christmas" in its promotional material: True.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2005]
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/targetxmas.asp
