{"id":4379,"date":"2025-12-01T01:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:07:43","slug":"sotd-10-major-retail-stores-take-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4379","title":{"rendered":"SOTD \u2013 10 Major Retail Stores Take A!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/555-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/555-3.jpg 526w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/555-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/555-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This holiday season, a group of America\u2019s biggest retail chains is making a noticeable shift \u2014 stepping away from the catch-all \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d and returning to the classic, unmistakable greeting:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMerry Christmas.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it\u2019s not a coincidence. It\u2019s a strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten major retailers \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Hobby Lobby, Belk, Nordstrom, Home Depot, Walmart, Macy\u2019s, JCPenney, Bass Pro Shops, Lowe\u2019s, and Toys \u201cR\u201d Us<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 are weaving \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d back into their ads, store d\u00e9cor, employee greetings, and online messaging. These aren\u2019t small brands testing a niche audience. They\u2019re national leaders signaling that Christmas-specific language is not only welcome, but central to the shopping experience again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why the Shift?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, companies leaned heavily on \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d to stay broad, safe, and inclusive. It covered every celebration without committing to any single one. But in doing so, something got lost \u2014 the warmth and familiarity that used to define December shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retailers know customers respond to emotion. Nostalgia sells. Tradition sells. And Christmas, culturally and commercially, carries a unique weight that no generic greeting can match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, big brands aren\u2019t tiptoeing. They\u2019re embracing the season outright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This holiday season, a group of America\u2019s biggest retail chains is making a noticeable shift \u2014 stepping away from the catch-all \u201cHappy Holidays\u201d and returning to the classic, unmistakable greeting:&nbsp;\u201cMerry Christmas.\u201d And it\u2019s not a coincidence. It\u2019s a strategy. Ten major retailers \u2014&nbsp;Hobby Lobby, Belk, Nordstrom, Home Depot, Walmart, Macy\u2019s, JCPenney, Bass Pro Shops, Lowe\u2019s,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4379\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;SOTD \u2013 10 Major Retail Stores Take A!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4382,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4379\/revisions\/4382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}