Fox News complains about ‘gay Nutcracker’ Christmas decor at Target

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fox News host Jesse Watters dedicated a portion of his show on Thursday evening to mock Target for selling inclusive versions of Santa and the soldier figure from “The Nutcracker” ballet. “Gay Nutcracker and wheelchair Santa might be the only items in Target that don’t get looted,” Mr Watters jeered on Jesse Watters Primetime. “We don’t have anything against Black Santa or disabled Santas; I think if Santa has a disability that’s fine but why do you think Target is selling this type of merch?” Mr Watters asked. Ms Gaines responded by repeating a widely-shared anecdote that Target “banned” the word “Christmas” from its products in 2005 and prohibited employees from saying “Merry Christmas.” Ms Gaines claimed the company did this because using the word Christmas “implied that the idea of Christ existed.” While Target did reduce the word “Christmas” in its retailing marketing in 2005, the word was not banned from stores or employees, according to Snopes.