Since 1957 the War on Christmas has historically been fought between the Grinch and the good people of Whoville. This year there are some new players, or soldiers rather, in this America's Longest War.
Conservative activists were justifiably upset when their born-again evangelical President Bush sent out 1.4 million holiday card to his "close friends" and supporters. William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said that the holiday card "clearly demonstrates that the Bush administration has suffered a loss of will and that they have capitulated to the worst elements in our culture."
John Gibson, author of the War on Christmas, attempts to demonstrate that millions of Americans are starting to fight back against the secularist forces and against local officials who would rather surrender than be seen as politically incorrect. Gibson shows readers how they can help save Christmas from being twisted beyond recognition, with even the slightest reference to Jesus completely disappearing.
(Noah's note -- here's a nice John Gibson quote: “The wagers of this war on Christmas are a cabal of secularists, so-called humanists, trial lawyers, cultural relativists, and liberal, guilt-wracked Christians — not just Jewish people.”)
Bill O'Reilly's version of the War on Christmas is waged by "secular progressives" and includes "the legalization of narcotics, euthanasia, abortion at will, and gay marriage." Bill O'Reilly encouraged the boycott of retailers that use "Holiday" rather than "Christmas" in their marketing campaigns, including Sears, Walmart, KMart, Target, Costco, Kohl's, KB Toys, FAO Schwarz. However, as Jon Stewart at the Daily Show aptly noted, the Fox News own online store encouraged viewers to secular "holiday ornaments" for their secular "holiday tree"
Christians v. Holidazians
(Noah's note -- for a further examination of the War on Christmas, check out fuckchristmas.org. Representative text:
But you boys at FOX still freak out every year about how everyone's out to get your special trees. This is really the most important thing you have to talk about? Whether Target says Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas? Here’s a brainstorm: there’s a fucking war on. Our soldiers are out there dying while you guys do your 14th live feed of the day from WalMart to show us what good little consumers we are. What Would Jesus Do? He’d jump over that newsdesk and kick your ass for that shit. Are you sure you want to hang your journalism credentials on a story about what some guy calls a tree?)
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