The Daily Biff - The So-Called "War On Christmas"

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Wed, 21 Dec 2005

The So-Called "War On Christmas"
I am a Christian... a very active one (LDS faith). All of my family members and many of my extended family members also share the same faith as I do. I attend church services weekly, volunteer my time as a teacher, and contribute a portion of our income to our church for use in both charitable and administrative purposes. I state all this as a matter of context. It should come as no surprise given my disclosed religious affiliation and activity that I interact with no small amount of what I call "right-wing lemmings". Right-wing lemmings are typically well-meaning folks who formulate their shallow political viewpoints (and cultural opinions) from heavily biased talk radio and television programming (i.e. Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and their ilk).

Right-wing lemmings are easy marks and can generally be counted on as reliable stooges in the cultural battle du jour. Enter the so-called "War On Christmas(tm)" and to wit, here is a screen cap of an e-mail message I received from a dear family member yesterday (click to enlarge).... this is straight from the frontlines:

Of course, call a Christmas tree by whatever name you will, it still has nothing to do with the Christmas story (you know, the one about the baby being born in a manger, etc). The Christmas tree as a symbol is adapted from Pagan origins, not from the story of the birth of Christ. But why quibble about the small details when there is culture war to fight! The poor Christians are being persecuted again!

More on the so-called "War on Christmas" is available here.

And I would be remiss if I didn't link to Khan's recent post about the "War on Christmas" as well. Enjoy.

:: Posted by rus on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:26 am
:: Filed under /politics/religion

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Re: The So-Called "War On Christmas"

Personally I liked your response to our family member quite humerous.

A ward member sent me this image, to which I responded with a merry "Happy Holidays".

:: Comment posted by Mark on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:34

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You mean Bill O'Reilly is blowing smoke again?

Who'da thunk?

This website is always good therapy for me:

http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/

:: Comment posted by Norm on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:48

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