Let the (nonexistent) War on Christmas Begin
Thanksgiving in America is this week. Do you know what happens on Friday? Yes, there are Friday sales, and yes, communities light their public decorations. Homes across the USA will put up their Christmas Trees, light the outdoor decorations, and nearly every department store will blast shoppers with Christmas music.
There is another event that will be taking place. ‘Tis the season for Evangelical Christians to wrap themselves in a holiday cloak of victimhood, and scream like two-year-olds, whose mommies have taken away the carton of candy canes upon which they have been gorging.
Amid a backdrop of Christmas everywhere, one turns, creches on lawns, nonstop Christmas movies, Evangelicals seize a holiday that is supposed to teach “Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men,” as another opportunity to divide and attack nonevangelicals.
The issue is that Christ is being taken out of Christmas. In short, many people view Christmas in terms of its traditional roots: a winter solstice holiday that generates warmth and love among families. Evangelicals feel the holiday is hijacked by heretics who are trying to make it something that it is not. You know, the way Christians made it something that it is not a thousand years ago.
In short, they view it as “proof” that their religious freedom is being impinged…
