The war on Xmas

Y'know, o'er the end of december season, I'd been hearing lots of (not to put to fine a point on it) crap and falderal about the so-called "War on Christmas." Apparently wishing someone "Happy Holidays" constitutes an active move to destroy Christian values. Apart from being entirely fictional, this "war" is aggravating and ridiculous. An attempt to include people of all religious backgrounds doesn't sound too subversive to me, but I don't have my own News network, so what do I know?

I previously avoided commenting on this because I didn't feel like fanning the flames and giving more attention to something which needed to be left in the gutter where it was found, but I saw today a video of Bill O'Reilly on The Late Show with David Letterman pumping up this HUGE ENOURMOUS HORRIFYING ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN VALUES! (Oh no! The enormous dinosaur needs help!) Well, it was all summed up by the following exchange:

Dave: You can't say Christmas?

Bill: No.

Dave: Why is that?

Bill: Because it's politically incorrect. And we did a lot of reporting on this... We were leading up to the christmas season by saying "Hey, how come we can't say Christmas?"

Dave: Now, I wasn't aware you couldn't say Christmas. When did this happen?

Bill: Sears/K-Mart started it. They said it's all "Happy Holidays" or "Winter Solstice." ... Are you with me, Dave?

Dave: I wasn't aware that this had happened.

Bill: You weren't aware of the big, giant controversy over Christmas?

Dave: Well, I ignore stuff like that. It doesn't really affect me. I go ahead and do what I want to do and, y'know.

Go here for the rest. It's pretty funny... in a sad way.