Told ya.
Because the furor was media-driven in the first place, media mentions seem as good a metric as any. After 2005, Google Trends shows a continuous decline in searches for and mentions of the “war on Christmas.” Media mentions of a “war on Christmas” have fallen steadily as well, according to Nexis: There were 431 […]

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New music too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FbvvJd5sy4

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O’Reilly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tZjVzGgYzk

You know, if I’m this group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, I’m not so confrontational. My sign says merely, “Welcome the winter solstice,” instead of making a point to say all religion is false, etc.
There was simply no need to be that obnoxious. If you want equal access, take advantage of equal access; the opportunity […]

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Huh? Christmas? I’m talking Festivus. But don’t tell O’Reilly…
h/t SK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ip9ZCIM9g

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Because, see, if a store doesn’t actually use the word “Christmas” then the store hates Christmas and is trying to destroy Christmas, and good red-blooded God-fearing American loons shouldn’t shop there.
According to Dr. James Dobson:
Eight firms caved immediately: Best Buy, Cabela’s, Kohl’s, Lowe’s, Nordstrom, Pier 1, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart.
The Gap, Banana Republic and […]

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What caused the nation’s financial crisis?
Why - the War on Christmas!

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You know how the retail Christmas season seems to begin earlier every year?
So does Bill O’Reilly’s annual war against the “War on Christmas.”
Maybe the same someone who sent me that “It’s OK, Wish Me A Merry Christmas” button last year will furnish me with one of O’Reilly’s bumper stickers this year. I’ve got a collection […]

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Possibly the funniest Seinfeld episode, appropriate as the crush of the holiday bears down.
“As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-wm9N0KiAs

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See, now, and we say we’ve beaten this issue to death and we have. Then I get back to the office and there’s this letter for me, something solid inside.
Why, it’s a letter from someone who wants to argue that there is too a “War on Christmas” and Christians are oppressed and you can’t even […]

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War on Christmas? Pshaw. Tony Snow sees your pathetic war on Christmas and raises you:
“The average Iranian is more Pro-American than virtually any college faculty in this country.” And with serious talk about the war on terror and “the second war in this country, the war on God.” […]
Snow also said he loved being on […]

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Today is Nov. 20.
Can we cool it with the Christmas music on the radio until at least black Friday, please?

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