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<\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object>In this “Stoplight” video posted by Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink<\/a>, commentator Stuart Shepard makes a decision about all of those catalogs that wish him “Happy Holidays.” He’s going to invite those retailers to celebrate his new holiday, “Tossmas.” The main ritual of this particular celebration is that anyone who uses “Holiday” instead of “Christmas” in hopes of not offending anyone will get their catalog festively tossed into the garbage can (let’s hope that was a recycling bin….). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this “Stoplight” video posted by Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink, commentator Stuart Shepard makes a decision about all of those catalogs that wish him “Happy Holidays.” He’s going to invite those retailers to celebrate his new holiday, “Tossmas.” The main ritual of this particular celebration is that anyone who uses “Holiday” instead of “Christmas”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"yoast_head":"\nMerry Tossmas? - December Dilemma Watch 2007<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/merry-tossmas.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merry Tossmas? 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