re: I have yet to receive a catalog with the word ‘Christmas’ on the cover

I have a Bass Pro Catalog with “Christmas 2026 Gift Guide!”
It was mailed to my house.

I got one too!

I’m assuming Bass Pro Shop.

which if it were me he was shopping for, I’d be fine with that

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January, Stinger. We had flurries this year. If you mean snow that stuck, Hobby got three inches in January 2025. I remember the 2021 freeze pretty damn well, too. My oldest was eight weeks old, and we went three days without power in sub-freezing temperatures. Fun times, I remember it well. (eta: fun times being sarcastic. it was fricking miserable)

As for the poster, I appreciate you finding it. Belle asked who calls it a “holiday tree lighting.” There it is in Houston’s own fine print, right under “Deck the Hall,” surrounded by evergreens and red Christmas ornaments.

Cover up the fine print, Stinger. Which holiday do you see? If Belle goes back to L.L.Bean and finds that dad dragging an aluminum pole through the snow, I’ll give you Festivus. In the meantime, we both know what kind of tree Houston is lighting. So why not just call it a Christmas tree?

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Just messing with you. I just find the whole "war on Christmas" thing funny given that the vast majority of people in this country claim to be "Christian". "Christmas" is just a commercial enterprise. It has nothing to do with whatever the original intent was.

I couldn't find any dad dragging an aluminum pole, but I did find a picture of a dad dragging a fir tree.

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I have a Bass Pro Catalog with “Christmas 2026 Gift Guide!”
It was mailed to my house.

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No way!

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Yep, there’s a way.

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Is Bass Pro not aware that they are supposed to be waging war on Christmas?

I’m with you on how commercial Christmas has gotten, Stinger. The little traditions my wife and I get to share with our boys mean a hell of a lot more to me than anything in that catalog.

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I did find a picture of a dad dragging a fir tree.

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A fir, huh? I asked which holiday they’re selling and you came back with the species.

When that dad gets home, you reckon he tells his kid, “Go get your mother so we can decorate the fir”? You know it’s a Christmas tree. So if L.L.Bean is counting on us to see that fir and think “Christmas,” what’s so ridiculous about asking why they didn’t just put the word on the cover?

I only come to td to recognize xmas