Can’t they just admit it?The reason that sane people say “Happy Holidays” is that we know that Jewish people are celebrating their own holiday season at about the same time.  The Talibangicals don’t want to have to include impure people in their celebrations (or wish anyone well) so of course they feel like they are being attacked.  They want to continue to be tribal in a new truly  global world.  Well, they also probably wouldn’t be happy until someone actually nails them to a cross and/or tortures them a bit, but that’s a whole other topic.

I don’t know where these bozos shop….Anyplace I’ve gone to in the past year is so short staffed, you’re lucky to find a clerk that’s still breathing (or ever was breathing).  
In desperation, I once asked a mannequin for help.  When she didn’t respond I nudged her.  Her head fell off into the aisle.
I did the only thing one can in this situation:  I pulled her pants down and left the store.
In all seriousness though, how about a contest here on The Blend for the tackiest Christmas friendly merchandise.
A couple of suggestions:
1)  A lifelike animated creche, where the animals in the stable defecate and one of the wisemen waves pine-scented incense to cover the smell.  Perfect for under your fake tree to make it smell real.
2)  A lifelike animated scene of Scrooge arriving at the Cratchett house on Christmas day.  Instead of greeting him warmly, Jim Cratchett shoves one of the legs from the Christmas goose up Scrooge’s ass and kicks him out the door.  Tiny Tim shouts out the window, “And God bless us, every one,” as the door slams shut.
3)  The 7 foot fake tree decorated with religious symbols and adult toys.
Oh, I really need more to do……

I’ll see you the animated crecheAnd raise you a pregnant virgin. I hear Bristol Palin’s not terribly busy this time of year.

hmmmmGee, I do not know which stores are “Christmas friendly”  –  wasn’t today “sit on your ass at home, and don’t go shopping day”?
Anyway, I tend to respond “Merry Christmas” to those who say “Happy Holidays” and “Happy Holidays” to those who wish me a “Merry Christmas” — it’s the time of year to be ornery  —  guess I’m just getting old.  

And Jesus went into the temple of God,…and handed out T-shirts to them that sold and bought in the temple and said unto them, It is written, that I am the reason for the season, know ye not that consumer confidence is significantly reduced; go forth and spend, spend, spend  but not on gay gifts, nay, nor on ye items that celebrate a Happy Holiday but only on the plastic crap that is flogged under the Cross of God (TM).

Dicks Got 0%! LOLWhat happened?  Did all the male sales associates turn down “christian” BJ’s from these men?
You’d think a store name like that would get a 110% rating from these “christian” men.  

Well…I want this list…… of Christmas unfriendly stores so I know where to shop. I promise to only spend money in the lowest rated stores, especially if they make a point of being GLBTQI etc friendly or owned!
And, btw, don’t these fundie cretins realize that all the very best stuff that they really really want has prolly been designed and marketed  by folks of the “sensitive ” persuasion?  Sheesh!

ChristmasPlease tell me why people have statues of Jesus, Mary, Joseph and Frosty in their front yards.

Pregnant Virgin, Feh!Can anybody NOT see past this story?  The greatest ‘I lied about fucking around on my husband’ story ever told.  Dovetails nicely with the ‘Graverobbers’ coverup at the end of her kid’s life.

Dick’sOBTW – Dick’s has good prices on ammunition.  

You could always get the infamous…Jesus Butt Plug.. ( http://www.divine-intervention… )
It’s a great stocking… errr.. “stuffer”.

Bed Bath and Beyond ? DammI shop there all the time (I have a kitchen gadget fetish).
I didn’t realize they were christian friendly – I’ll have to find another store to get my Cuisinart fix

I’m happy to volunteer my services…But I suspect they’d find something un-Christmasy about my cat-O-nine tails and harness.  

This it the time of year they show their motivesBy attacking retailers who are tolerant of other religions, the Fools On The Fringe at FOTF show their true Christianist Dominionist colors – they’re not just ant-LGBT, they’re anti-anyone who isn’t a Christianist like themselves.  

Reasons 1.0American Eagle Outfitters – too metro
Banana Republic – too Pagan
Barnes & Noble – Too many books on occultism
Bass Pro Shops – Loaves n’ Fishes?
Bed Bath and Beyond –  I dunno why this is so xmas friendly, maybe the robes…
Best Buy – Technology is the Devil’s work
Borders –  too many books about Transgenders
Cabela’s – Animals don’t have souls
Crate and Barrel – Unsure, I see alot of Red and Green on the website, which is what xmas is all about right?
Dick’s – must be namesake, the other hunting/fishing stores they like, just not Dick’s
Dillard’s – gives you a good holier-than-thou feeling after buying expensive clothes

Frosty Was In The Mangerand if you ask Lu Ann Platter from King Of The Hill, so was a penguin and an octopus.

My across-the-street neighborornaments his front lawn every year with a life-size manger scene, complete with plastic Jesus, Mary and Joesph, plus assorted shepherds, Magi, animals, angels and what-not–all of which light up.  This eyesore stays up from Thanksgiving to the beginning of February
A few years ago this clown, knowing that I’m an atheist, made a point of asking me what I thought of his display.  I smiled and told him, “Hey, what better way to celebrate the birth of the Savior than by shoving a light bulb up his ass?”  He hasn’t asked me again.

ALL stores are “Christmas friendly”Christmas, at least as practiced in the Greatest Country in the World, is a commercial holiday.  The religious veneer that covers it is strictly a sales gimmick, a lure to get suckers to spend themselves into debt, and the retailers all know it.

And manufacturedin non-Christian countries in Asia.

OT-To answer your question(in case you haven’t answered it already)
You asked a question as to which philosopher said some phrase or another about Cynicism.
As it turns out, I was right about the period of the quote (Roman Empire) but wrong about the philosopher…I think.
I believe if you look through this carefully, you will find the quote you were looking for (if you even remember it…it’s been awhile…
http://www.greektexts.com/libr…

Thanks so much!And yes, I remember.  Epictetus makes perfect sense.  Seneca never seemed quite right to me, since he was so famously a Stoic.  I had been thinking maybe Porphyry or Plotinus (neo-Platonists, I know, but…); right neighborhood, wrong house…

Well…Epictetus was a Stoic tooRemember that Stoics are technically a spinoff of the Cynics and Cynicism did have a revival under the Empire. I did run across some writings where Seneca (the Neronian Rahm Emmanuel) did write favorably of the Cynics.
Epictetus is actually from a little bit of a later period where, you are right, this phrase would be more appropriate.

Hmmm……interesting to see that a bookstore is 0% christian-friendly.

Don’t you think it’s intrestingthat they don’t rate Deseret Books at all?  I’m guessing it’s 100% Christmas-friendly, but oops!, Christianists don’t think Mormons are Christians to begin with, so best to leave Deseret off the list and avoid embarrassing criticisms of the chumps paying for your anti-gay cruisade.

And the people said…“Amen!”

So……did you coin the term “talibangicals”. It’s quite glorious.  

Perhaps you need to make it more christmas-y.Wrap red and green ribbons around the handle of your cat-o-nine-tails and bells from the harness?  Oh my, I can kind of see them getting way into that…

No, I first saw it used by Pam Spaulding