{"id":2206,"date":"2024-03-22T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/mcdonalds-restaurant-goes-viral-for-incredible-jesus-themed-easter-display\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:05:28","slug":"mcdonalds-restaurant-goes-viral-for-incredible-jesus-themed-easter-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/22\/mcdonalds-restaurant-goes-viral-for-incredible-jesus-themed-easter-display\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Restaurant Goes Viral for Incredible Jesus-Themed Easter Display"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Great to see a cultural icon like these McDonald’s franchisees share a message of hope on this Palm Sunday and Easter Holiday season!<\/p>\n

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\"McDonald\u2019sMcDonald\u2019s franchise restaurants across Tennessee have decorated their windows with religious symbols, featuring illustrations of the empty tomb, crosses, and the proclamation \u201cHe is risen.\u201d The initiative, spearheaded by franchise owners Tony and Gina Wolfe, has sparked surprise and admiration within the local community. The move was first brought to public attention by Burton S. Staggs, the news director of GM Tennessee River Valley News, who shared a photo of one of the decorated restaurant windows on his Facebook page. \u201cHe is Risen!!! Happy Easter!!! Multiple McDonald\u2019s in the Middle TN region share this message.<\/p>\n

While many companies are opting to stay away from holiday-specific decorations, a Tennessee McDonald\u2019s franchisee is embracing them. These restaurants are owned by Tony and Gina Wolfe,\u201d he wrote in a caption. Staggs also noted that the owners also recognize the true meaning of Christmas, displaying, \u201cHis name is Jesus,\u201d on their McDonald\u2019s locations during the holiday season. While religious holidays can be sensitive territory for business owners, the Wolfe family adopts a different approach when it comes to incorporating religious festivities into their franchise locations. Other companies treat holidays differently. According to Fox News, Google, for example, had been receiving much flak over ignoring Easter and Christmas in its Doodles. \u201cSo Google has a doodle for every obscure \u2018woke\u2019 person\/event imaginable, but nothing for Easter?\u201d Paul Joseph Watson wrote on X. So Google has a doodle for every obscure \u201cwoke\u201d person\/event imaginable, but nothing for Easter? #EasterSunday pic.twitter.com\/izr3MsXmnB \u2014 Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 1, 2018<\/p>\n

Google explained to Fox, \u201cWe don\u2019t have Doodles for religious holidays, in line with our current Doodle guidelines. Doodles may appear for some non-religious celebrations that have grown out of religious holidays, such as Valentine\u2019s Day, Holi\u2019s Festival of Colors, Tu B\u2019Av and the December holiday period, but we don\u2019t include religious imagery or symbolism as part of these.\u201d<\/p>\n

The McDonalds\u2019 Easter display in Tennessee has garnered positive attention and sparked conversations among customers and the broader community. Comments on social media reflect appreciation for the Wolfe family\u2019s dedication to its beliefs. \u201cI\u2019ve been to this McDonald\u2019s and they\u2019re really kind in there too\u2026,\u201d one user commented under Staggs\u2019 post. Another user wrote, \u201cThat\u2019s what I love about the South \u2026whenever we traveled down the people were so friendly and there were so many people that love the Lord and weren\u2019t afraid to say so. As soon as we came North over the Mason Dixon line it was a whole different story.\u201d \u201cThank you for not being afraid to offend someone. This is truly the most beautiful thing I\u2019ve seen in a long time. Wish I lived there. I would definitely be a loyal customer.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the official website, Tony and Gina Wolfe, second-generation McDonald\u2019s franchise owners and operators, have previously been recognized for their local philanthropy. The Wolfe\u2019s franchise has been honored with multiple awards from McDonald\u2019s Corporation, including the prestigious Ronald Award. \u201cIt\u2019s about people who are behind the counter and people who are your loyal customers and friends in this community. It\u2019s a blessing for us to be involved in the community and give back,\u201d Gina Wolfe said in a statement. This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.<\/p>\n

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Great to see a cultural icon like these McDonald’s franchisees share a message of hope on this Palm Sunday and Easter Holiday season! McDonald\u2019s franchise restaurants across Tennessee have decorated their windows with religious symbols, featuring illustrations of the empty tomb, crosses, and the proclamation \u201cHe is risen.\u201d The initiative, spearheaded by franchise owners Tony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kHU7-zA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/McDonalds-Restaurant-Goes-Viral-for-Incredible-Jesus-Themed-Easter-Display.jpg?fit=1024%2C683","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2210,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions\/2210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}