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Here it is — December 1 — and you are hearing almost NOTHING about the "War on Christmas".  What gives. Sam Summers, a social psychologist at Tufts University*, has the answer: According to recent reports, the "War on Christmas" may be in its final throes, and contrary to the fears of many, Christmas is winning.  In fact, one of the groups … Read More

The War on Christmas, as you probably know, is a ginned-up war against those who show their hate for Christmas by banning the word "Christmas". Of course, nobody in reality bans the word Christmas, although some businesses like to acknowledge other holidays during the, you know, holiday season.  Still, to some on the right, even the acknowledgement of other holidays and … Read More

StandforChristmas.com is a new website venture brought to by (who else) Focus on The Family.  It allows users to rate how the "Christmas-friendliness" of various retailers, and by that I mean, whether or not they are sufficiently intolerant of Kwanza, Hannukah, and other Jesus-hating holidays. Here's a typical comment — this one about Sears: Comment Date: Nov 30 2009 8:57 … Read More

From the American Family Association: Boycott Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic this Christmas November 11, 2009 AFA is calling for a limited two-month boycott of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic, the three stores owned by San Francisco-based Gap Inc., over the company’s censorship of the word "Christmas."The boycott is part of our ongoing campaign to encourage businesses, communities … Read More

The Bible doesn't mention the birth date of Jesus.  It probably wasn't in winter, because shepherds would not be tending their flocks in wintertime. The simple reason we celebrate it on December 25th is because, in the 4th century, Pope Julius 1, said so.  Christianity had become the official religion of Rome, and he declared that the birth of Jesus … Read More

Bill O'Reilly, one of the warriors in the War on Christmas, just hates it when merchandisers won't say "Merry Christmas", but instead insult you with "Happy Holidays". Except when it comes to merchandising his own book.  Then he's more than happy to invite people to take part in a "Great American Holiday Quiz", complete with questions about Hannukah and Kwanzaa.

Aimee Mann with John ("The Office") Krasinski, live at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on December 6, 2008, as part of Aimee Mann's 3rd Annual Christmas Show:

Minstrel Boy has oral surgery, goes shopping, and drops the F-bomb on a WoC commando: This is also the biggest time locally for our winter visitors, called Snowbirds. These are mostly retired folks from places like Michigan, Montana, Manitoba, and all the other states that freeze up in the winter. The Snowbirds hop into their motor homes and trailers and … Read More

As you know, Black Friday got off to a great start when hundreds of Walmart shoppers at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y. literally trampled to death a Walmart employee who happened to situate himself between the shoppers and the bargains. Jon Swift thinks the shoppers should be blanket pardoned: Of course, my heart goes out to the … Read More

No kidding: A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said. The unidentified worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the store opened at 5 a.m. Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He … Read More

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