{"id":1410,"date":"2010-12-09T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T21:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2010-12-09T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T21:09:24","slug":"dallas-megachurch-creates-business-grinch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2010\/12\/dallas-megachurch-creates-business-grinch-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas MegaChurch Creates Business &#8220;Grinch List&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grinch-alert.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1411\" title=\"grinch-alert\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grinch-alert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019re worried about accidentally giving money to a business that says \u201cHappy Holidays!\u201d instead of what Jesus said: \u00a0\u201cMerry Christmas!\u201d \u00a0Luckily for us, First Baptist Church in Dallas created a website for consumers to report which businesses are naughty (Happy Holidays!) and which businesses are truly celebrating Jesus\u2019 birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can see it here at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grinchalert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Grinch Alert<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a couple of the better \u201cNaughty\u201d ones so far:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crowley City Hall \u2013 Crowley Texas<\/strong><br>\n\u201cThe city hall at Crowley has GIANT letters in front of the city buildings that say \u201cHAPPY HOLIDAYS\u201d\u2026\u2026I say \u201cbooooooooo\u201d!!! 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