All items below £50.00 here had to have shipping paid for, yet even this has not been lifted :/
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Apple Shares 2015 Gift Guide as Free Shipping Begins for Holidays
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Well said by the both of you. I tell folks Merry Christmas. Whether you celebrate Christmas as a Christian or not, we can all agree that if you pull out your iPhone, launch the Calendar app, and tap on Dec. 25, the all-day event listed is Christmas Day. That's a fact. I've yet to meet anyone that has gotten offended by "Merry Christmas"; it seems the only ones that care are the corporations.
I consider myself agnostic. But I still wish people Merry Christmas. Neither have I ever seen anyone offended by it. Heck, my muslim neighbours in a previous house wished us merry christmas, happy easter, etc.
Normally apple (and many other online retailers) have free shipping over $50, $75, or $100 orders depending on the individual retailer. Apple has long been a free shipping on $50 and over orders-so unless your buying a rubber watch band most everything has a free shipping option.
I'll take one of everything.
My wife asked her what I wanted for Christmas. I sent her the link to the top of the line iMac. She wasn't impressed
My wife asked her what I wanted for Christmas. I sent her the link to the top of the line iMac. She wasn't impressed
There's two types of "PC" that drive me nutty... and this is one of them.
I so wish people could just lighten up.
A lot of people (even in the US) celebrate the holiday season--gifts included--without a belief in the supernatural, or with a belief other than Christianity. It's tradition, it's what many of your friends/relatives do, it's a chance to get together, and it brings some fun to dreary winter.
And historically, the winter holiday didn't start out as "Christmas" anyway.
As an atheist who celebrates in that way, I don't mind the term Christmas--it's just a word with an interesting history to me, and it's the word I've used since childhood myself--but seeing other wording that doesn't promote a particular faith does make a good impression. And it's the clear reasonable move for a big company that serves everyone.
When people say "lighten up and call the season what I say you should," it's amusing: I never actually see people getting emotional against the word Christmas, merely calmly using whatever term they choose. But people DO get upset over people NOT using the word that references the local majority religion. So is it a big deal or isn't it?
If it isn't, there's no need to object to "happy holidays."
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I am an atheist, and I also wish people Merry Christmas. What I don't do is get offended when someone says "happy holidays" instead.
My friend who is a Christian gets offended by those who start saying Merry Christmas too early. For him, Christmas begins December 25 (although celebrating Christmas Eve is fine) and it ends on January 6.
Right? The people offended by "Happy Holidays" always seem to outnumber the alternative, it's pretty amusing. "Holidays" always seemed like a logical word to use since it's Christmas, New Years, and several other holidays for other religions and cultures which all fall within that roughly one month period. I'll say Christmas or Holidays almost interchangeably.
There are multiple holidays happening around that time. It would kind of silly for Apple to make both a Christmas gift guide and a Hanukah gift guide and then have people self-select their religion. Why limit the audience? All this says is "hey, lots of holidays approaching and lots of people giving gifts... here's our cool stuff".
Nobody cares. Seriously, that debate is old and tired. People just want to buy stuff. Saying Christmas is somehow relevant and companies should observe it is obscene considering people don't observe it. It is just an excuse to shop and buy stuff. That's it.
Wow what a surprise. No matter what holiday/time of the year, they push iPads , iPhones, Watch, etc. Seems silly to have a special holiday section when they suggest the same stuff they want you to buy year round. Yawn.
ummm are we missing the point that APPLE is trying to exploit this period in December to push sales and profits
Christmas is not about religion anymore. It's a money spinner, world wide.
Depending on the Christian sect you belong to this is correct. As a cuban Catholic, I grew up with the weeks leading up to Christmas as Advent, then you had the 12 days of Christmas and it was not until January 6th, the Epiphany, when the three wise men appear at the manger that we exchanged gifts. I am now Americanized and we do the gifts on the 25th now. In this land called the US of A, the religious portion of the season has been erased by the media and corporations. This is all about the spending. Most retailers will readily admit that the days between thanksgiving and christmas is where all the money is made that keeps them open the rest of the year. Without this month long consumerism binge, our economy would collapse.
Is that a rose gold iPad or are my eyes playing tricks with me since the background on the iPad is pink.
I really hope they come out with rose gold iPad's next year!
I really hope they come out with rose gold iPad's next year!
Last I checked, During the winter months between NOW and roughly January, There are a number of different religious holidays outside of the christian ones.
In fact, there are even some orthorodox christian sects that celebrate their holidays on different days.
is there something wrong with wishing everyone a happy holidays? or are you personally offended that others celebrate things too?
Give it a rest. Have a happy holidays.
Merry Christmas.
Christmas, Coptic Christmas, Orthodox Christmas, Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Birth of the Prophet, Festivus ect...
just don't be offended when I respond "happy holidays", since I'm not christian and don't celebrate it.
(i'm not offended by being told merry christmas)
Nice guide, and if I spent a ton of money on Christmas gifts, I would definitely go with Apple products. But I try to limit the Christmas spending and go with time spent together and experiences instead. But every year, Apple makes it tempting to buy somebody an iPad or Apple TV or something