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#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas

#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas

Released Tuesday, 5th December 2023
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#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas

#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas

#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas

#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas

Tuesday, 5th December 2023
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It's December, which means it's time for everybody's racist uncle's favorite holiday tradition, the War on Christmas.Every year, sure as silver bells chime and lit wreathes line the streets of America's most aggressively white suburbs, Fox News delights eager viewers by trotting out this year's new battlefront narrative: Gay nutcrackers at Target! Insufficiently Christmassy Starbucks cup! Liberals cancelling Rudolph!If you ask Fox News and your least-favorite relatives, there is a War on Christmas...and there always will be.So Kelly and John are here to lay down so facts, starting with the fact that Christmas in the year 2023 is a much, much more religious affair than at any time in the past, and that Christmas is only growing more ubiquitous as a holiday globally.And that there was a War on Christmas - a war that Christmas won in a rout - waged by Christians for centuries.LINKS!The Right-Wing’s Forever War: A Short History Of The War On Christmas - Bill BerkowitzWho Waged the Very First ‘War on Christmas’? - Jade McClainTarget is “Sexualizing Christmas for Children” Screeches Fox News - John RileyA Puritan Christmas under Cromwell - Jessica BrainThe Plum Pudding Riots: What happened when Christmas was cancelled in Kent - Phil Hayes

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