Edit: I know Big W isn't the manufacturer, but you'd think it would have some say in the products it stocks. It may have been an oversight, but in all honesty, I think stores should tske more care Roth decisions like this. I remember s department store was found to be selling Australia: love it or leave t shirts and received a lot of criticism from the left. The store didn't manufacture the shirt, but somewhere down the line, a decision was made to stock and sell it.
I agree boycotting etc before the whole story is known is a bit rash, but I to understand why this sort of thing rubs Christians the wrong way.
I reckon it's an oversight personally. Procurement, sales especially for things like this come down to the price. They would have had a whole bunch of suppliers come to them and they chose the cheapest option. They've called them Christmas trees on their website which hardly suggest an ulterior motive.
Yeah but honestly, I think if I were a Christian, the idea of a store wanting to cash in on Christmas without actually acknowledging what it is would anger me even more. Many Christians feel the holiday has become too commercialised as it is.
I can kinda understand that it pisses Christians off when done stores seek to capitalise financially on Christmas without acknowledging what it is.
Maybe it's just me because growing up as a Muslim i never got the whole type of attention about eid that Christians get for Easter and Christmas (from the commercial perspective). We'd just celebrate ourselves. Hence why I don't see it as a big deal.
But the other untouched issue here is the undertones to it and why some are outraged so much
When, As said above, it is very possible it was just an over sight. Which is why my initial reaction is to dismiss the outrage as ridiculous because too many people have used it for their own bigoted undertones
Especially when big w is going to be stocked with Christmas stuff, their staff wearing Santa hats, carols blaring from their speakers, open long hours for Christmas shopping etc etc
