Holiday Display at The Westchester Changed Following Pressure

Simon Malls, owners of shopping malls throughout the country including The Westchester in White Plains, has bowed to consumer pressure and will change its holiday displays, which many said did not properly highlight Christmas.

The space age-themed displays lacked a sleigh, reindeer and even a Christmas tree, but had a glacier, and Santa Claus was still out front, reports the New York Post.

Company officials reportedly said they de-emphasized the Christmas aspects of the display because they they not want to offend people, but instead they apparently offended many people for the sterile approach to the holiday.

Customers took to social media to slam the mall operator for being overly politically correct.

On the developer’s Facebook page, people peppered the company’s press release posts with angry comments about how the company was offending them by downplaying Christmas.

“SIMON sucks!” wrote one reader. “They can’t celebrate Christmas so I’m done with them forever. Whether Simon likes it or not it is Christmas. Celebrate all the other holidays if you like, I’m fine with that BUT DO NOT MAKE A MOCKERY OF MY CHRISTMAS!! LET’S ALL STOP BEING SO POLITICALLY CORRECT.”

Over the weekend The Westchester’s display was changed to include reindeer, ”The Nutcracker” and other Christmas items, writes News 12.

Simon is not the only company to come under fire for its politically correct approach to Christmas. In recent days, Starbucks customers have angrily denounced the coffee retailer for removing Christmas themes from its red holiday cups.