Toys for Tots, has decided to put the Christ doll back into Christmas, after all.
Reversing a move the Herald and other media outlets reported earlier this week, the charity has agreed to accept 4,000 talking Jesus dolls from a California toymaker.
Toys for Tots, which gives poor kids of all faiths gifts for Christmas and other winter holidays, had originally rejected the donation.
The group feared the dolls - which recite Bible passages such as “Whoever believes in Him shall not perish” - would offend any non-Christian kids who got them.
But amid thousands of protest e-mails and calls, Toys for Tots - a private charity overseen by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve - yesterday relented.
“In hindsight, we should have taken these items and found appropriate homes for them,” group Vice President Brian Murray said.
Murray said religious groups have agreed to distribute the dolls to Christian kids.
one2believe says the dolls sell for 20.00/US, the main company Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Co. says the dolls go for 24.99/US. They also have Moses, Mary, and Esther currently in the manufacturing process. Well, there are all kinds of ‘wars on Christmas’ and religious companies don’t have the corner on meretricious and imprudence, but they do seem to be trying to keep up.
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Wow, I’m so glad the dolls are available to the children who need them. Great news. DH
Toys for Tots reporting. Sir!
“The talking Jesus doll issue has been resolved,” the organization announced on its Web site Wednesday. “Toys for Tots has found appropriate places for these items. We have notified the donor of our willingness to handle this transaction.”
Permission to deal with the dolls. Sir!
You can’t make this stuff up!
Good thing I don’t run a program like this DH, I’d send one of these dolls to every person that wrote in, just for the joy of letting them march to the relentless beat of the Jesus junk consumerism drums.
The company’s link is in the post, knock yourself out. Merry Christmas!
Batteries not included.