Black Friday is a week away, the biggest retail sales day of the year when Americans begin the annual frenzy of buying stuff for Christmas.
Here is American Family Association (AFA)’s Christmas buying guide: the Naughty-or-Nice 2015 Retailer List.
AFA divides top U.S. retailers into 4 color-coded groups:
- Blue: Businesses rated 5 stars by AFA for promoting and celebrating Christmas on an exceptional basis.
- Green: Companies that are Christmas-friendly for using the word “Christmas” on a regular basis.
- Yellow: Companies that refer to and use the word “Christmas” infrequently, or in a single advertising medium, but not in others.
- Red: Companies that do not recognize Christmas, although they may use “Christmas” sparingly in a single or unique product description.
Here are the Blue or exceptional businesses:
- AFA Online Store
- Cracker Barrel
- Hobby Lobby
- Lowe’s
- Michael’s Stores
- Wal-Mart
Here are the Green Christmas-friendly companies:
- Ace Hardware
- Amazon.com
- Banana Republic
- Bass Pro Shops
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Belk
- Big Lots
- Books-A-Million
- Cabela’s
- Dick’s Sporting Goods
- Dillards
- Do-It-Best Hardware
- Dollar General
- Gap, Inc.
- H.E.B. Stores
- HSN.com
- Hallmark
- Hancock Fabrics
- Harris Teeter Stores
- Home Depot
- Hy-Vee Stores
- JCPenney
- JoAnn Fabrics
- Kmart
- Kohl’s
- Kroger
- L.L. Bean
- Macy’s
- Marshalls
- Meijer
- Menard’s
- Neiman Marcus
- Nordstrom
- Old Navy
- Pier One Imports
- ProFlowers.com
- Publix
- QVC.com
- Rite Aid
- Sam’s Club
- Scheels Sporting Goods
- Sears
- Super D Drug
- Target
- TJ Maxx
- Toys R Us
- Zappos.com
Here are the Yellow or marginal businesses:
- 1-800-Flowers.com
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Bath & Body Works
- Best Buy
- Cooking.com
- CVS Pharmacy
- Fred’s
- Safeway
- Starbucks
- True Value
- UncommonGoods.com
- Walgreens
- Whole Foods
Here are the Red companies — DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY!
- Barnes & Noble
- Family Dollar
- Foot Locker
- The Limited
- Maurice’s
- Office Depot
- Office Max
- Pet Smart
- Staples
- Stein Mart
- Supervalu
- Victoria’s Secret
H/t FOTM’s MomOfIV
~Eowyn