Get over it silly white man – there is no war on Christmas. Sheesh.

What O’Reilly made sure to skip over in Stewart’s segment is the part where they point out that the Rhode Island Governor–the one O’Reilly is bragging about the “ambush” of–isn’t the first governor of RI to use “Holiday” instead of Christmas. In fact, most of his recent predecessors did the same, but it wasn’t an issue to O’Reilly then. Why now? He’ll make money scaring people already ginned up about the “Muslim” in the White House. 

I smell another set of crossover show appearances.

Isn’t Stewart a Jew, thus, biased AGAINST Christmas?

O’Reilly really likes Stewart, doesn’t he?

War on Christmas is just another thing conservatives can feel victimized by

I’m starting to get the impression that Republicans are incredibly stupid  people.

Shouldn’t he be? When he has been referred to as an unperfected Christian? 

Why SHOULD’NT secularists attack Christmas? Christmas now is nothing more then an over-commercialized piece of crap Holiday (Black Friday,indeed! Don’t remember being taught about that Christmas ritual in Sunday School). Nothing about the true meaning of Christmas has much to do with all the rigmarole we go through each year. I say dump it!  

Did you catch the SPIN there? O’Reilly said a couple of Stewart’s points are valid, the second one being overload of Christmas “and some retailers do that.”

That was not one of Stewart’s points, that was a Fox and Friends point that Stewart was mocking.  Stewart observation showed how public spaces including the White House are not holding back on Christmas, despite this so called “war.”

O’Reilly’s viewers are fvcking tools.

Yeah, it’s weird. He’s biased against a myth, the followers of which don’t actually pay much attention to the details, otherwise they’d realize that their mythological leader, Jesus, had told them to give all of their money to the poor, love everyone equally (enemies alike) and not judge. The Christians O’Reilly is defending are all about getting rich, hating libs and every-man-for-himself. I think Jesus said something about turning the other cheek, whereas the Fox crowd is practically begging people to drive out the Muslims and anyone else they are afraid of. 

Christianity has become about shopping and getting rich in general, for most middle class and wealthy Americans. The best followers I’ve seen have usually been poor, sometimes illegal aliens. They know what it’s like to be mistreated so they try not to do it to others, sort of like what Christ said. Living overseas, I’ve met some Muslims who are probably closer to following the teachings of Jesus than some the judgmental, wealthy bigots here. 

What planet do you live on?  I find it amazing how ignorant some people can be. Now on the other hand, if this is an attempt at sarcasim, you failed miserably

you mean biased about a God-creator of the billions of stars–raping his virgin mother to become his own bastard son? to create a world wide religion of contradictions and hate-that nobody can come to consensus on? to give a book that is full of contradictions and flawed story lines that nobody reads or understands?
to kill entire generations of people in his name–for love(or fear)? 
is that the one?

I think there is an odd appreciation of each others character.  Even though I do not agree on most everything O’Reilly has to say, I still think he would be interesting to hangout with and watch a football game

Don’t tell his Keffiyeh wearing seals in his audience that he is jew. They might start throwing rocks at him.

By that logic all Christians are biased against Hanukah.  R you?

first thanksgiving, now christmas … where will it Eeend?! And what about that connection to the ground zero mosque?

Hey Stewart, Christmas is a U.S. FEDERAL HOLIDAY!

If you’ve got a problem with the FEDERAL HOLIDAY, then try to change it!
heh-heh-heh

What we need is a War on Bullshit if you ask me.

Where did he say he had a problem with Christmas or it being a Federal holiday?

“hur-hur-hur…”

Stewart is a comedian, so I’m pretty sure is being satiric during his show. 

Really? Your starting to get that impression? That’s funny since you say that in every blog post.

No wonder they elected a guy who loves to cry to Speaker of the House. 

Wow, that community college degree is comming in handy. You want a gold start for that post?

I honestly don’t think O’Reilly ever saw this clip of Stewart untill he did it on his show.  This looks like a producer move where they edited the clip and told Bill what to say on the teleprompter, my guess is that Bill’s only contribution was saying that Stewart was going to hell.  He’s the only one that could have thought that was funny, well, him and his viewers, which is why he is the #1 man at Fox.

Keep in mind, he’s pretty secular…. and married to a Christian wife.

Christmas is a WHAT? A HOLIDAY? Why, then, the fuss about wishing “Happy Holidays”?

No! Stop getting your information from Coulter.

We Jews are not against Christmas. We just don’t celebrate it, because it is not one of our religious holidays. We do respect it – as we respect all other religions – and rarely comment on the lights, trees and other decorations. Enjoy. Merry Christmas and all that.

Do Christians go all Matzo on Passover? No, and nobody says there is a war on Passover in the US.

This is a ginned up issue designed to enforce Christmas and allow a bit of self-victimization.

Because the War on Christmas segment isn’t solely about Rhode Island’s politics. 

(And presto!  As if by magic, here comes Sean to prove KT’s point!)

Stewart and O’Reilly are actually really friendly with each other in real life. I guess you could call em friends,  Stewart has said so. 

He means this happens on the right too. And that O’Reilly doesn’t want his viewers to know it.

Republicans are stupid.  They didn’t used to be.  The problem is all the reasonable intelligent right wingers have been purged from the party.  

The bible was written by humans. If you’re gonna try and sound smart please don’t fail from the get go. God really has nothing to do with the Bible to people that actually think. 

World – 3 billion Christians.

FOX – 3 million viewers.
You – creating your opinion of Christianity based upon what FOX News says / does. Please stop obsessing over FOX, its really damn annoying. 

You’re not paying attention. O’Reilly and Fox in general is targeting this one particular governor (in multiple shows and various segments, including the Jesse Waters “ambush” O’Reilly is crowing about at the beginning of the video here). They are making this (non)issue about him. But they are ignoring the fact that this gov’s predecessors did the same thing. It’s called “distorting” and the Fox team are the best at it. 

O’Reilly’s afraid of Stewart more than anything else, I think.  And for good reason.  Stewart is smarter and sharper than O’Reilly is (by far, actually) and O’Reilly knows it.  He’s playing at being friendly with Stewart so Stewart doesn’t brutalize his tired and flawed conservative arguments and embarrass him on TV. 

And Stewart is decent enough to oblige him on this, for the most part.  Awfully Christian of him, being Jewish notwithstanding.

Yep and the governor before him was a Republican and he called it a ‘holiday tree’ too. O’Reilly left that out as well.

And Jon would be the winner of that war, and Bill the loser.

I’m not creating my opinion of Christianity based on Fox, but based on a lifetime of meeting Christians and attending church. I’m not a believer but I clearly don’t have anything against the actual teachings of Jesus. In fact, I would say they are the basic morals I believe in, just like they are when they are taught by Buddha or Muhammad or some spiritualist wacko like Krishnamurti. I’m just pointing out that O’Reilly and others are ginning up a phony “war” on Christmas that is intended to freak people out (and thus driver up viewership and ad revenue) all the while missing the fact that doing so runs counter to Jesus’ own teaching of passive acceptance and love toward people who disagree with believers. I can’t imagine Jesus (were he real) sitting back and watching O’Reilly’s assistant Jesse Waters “ambush” the governor of RI, thinking “Verily, God bless you, Waters. Ambush thine ass.” 

The stupid, it burns. O’Reilly probably can’t believe his Fox viewers are still buying into his line of crap about a war on Christmas. These people have got to be the biggest morons on the Planet Earth.

There’s no getting one by you.

Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart need to work on a collaborative.  They bring out the best in each other. 

How come the Christians never complain about a war on Easter? Im serious on this. Now I know at work for example Good Friday has been changed to spring break day. Now I don’t give a rats ass what they call it but i have never heard Bill O or any other conservative bitch about this. Maybe Bill O is leaving that war to fight after he declares victory on the  war on Christmas. Then he can start a war on ash Wednesday and oh wait. He can only fight one war at a time, we don’t want a two front war!

Chinese and Japanese “celebrate” Christmas, too. I don’t mean the 1% of Chinese and 1% of Japanese who actually are Christina. I mean you will find Christmas decorations at Chinese supermarkets and department stores. Japanese even give each other gifts at Christmas time. It is great for retailers!
(Chinese just see it as a chance to party. No gift thing, and it is not a day off from work in either country.)

Then pray tell (sic) what is your def of the bible?

OMG… Let me know when this War on Christmas starts so we create a charity to help all the wounded,widows,orphans and numerous deaths that It has caused you know like all the others real wars out there.

BillO almost seems human and likable when he talks to Stewart and David Letterman. Those interviews are always great TV. 

CONGRATULATIONS YOU WIN…The dumb bastard of the day award Antonio

Nothing wrong with Stewort, that a good punch in the mouth wouldn’t cure.

Oreilly loves Stewart. Kudos, Bill.

By that logic, wouldn’t Jesus, The Apostles, Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph, and Paul all be against Christmas?  Especially, if historically accurate, he was born sometime in March?  Did you know that Christmas was actually a pagan holiday, and the early Holy Roman Empire converted the pagan holiday to help with converting the Nordic tribes?

Apparently you didn’t get one for typing or proofing.

yet you are keen on celebrating a holiday that really has nothing to do with God and was created by humans to help convert enemies to their side.

its worked well with you to help your spelling/

History lesson time…

The “War on Christmas” and really “Liberal Media” are actually evolved (if you could call it that) forms of a political strategy used by southern democrats (who Republicans have co-opted since the 70′s) from the time of the depression to sometime in the mid 70′s.  They would use terms like “War on Christmas” and “Liberal (they used a different word) Media” to scare locals into voting for them.  They said that they were on their side, that they were pure Christian, and need to go to Washington to fight the influence of the big bad “Jew” who controlled the banks and newspapers.  It was effective.

The lesson is to all the good Christian who support Israel and will say they are tolerant of others, this is the meaning behind those words.  

At this point, I get the feeling O’Reilly wants to pull Stewart’s pigtails and chase him around on the playground, but he has to content himself with saying liberals have cooties.  He just can’t stop thinking about the man!

With less and less people unable to enjoy the holiday at all, I don’t think anyone cares much what the damned day is called.

So I wish O’Reilly and Stewart would come up with something better to debate every December, because this is just getting old and stale, kind of like the two men themselves.

That’s the Koran all right but you’re confused on some of the details.

Ah yes – “sarcasim”, that belief system named in honor of the cross-dressing eastern mystic, Kaseem of Sarc, who founded his religion on the principle of veneration of the right fallopian tube – but not the LEFT one, which was evil, the “tube of Antioch”, the playground of the Antiochrist, the guy who put the bub in Beelzebub, the Dark Rubber Prince of Akron, Lord of the No Flies Own.

Impressions aren’t real, especially when drunk and trolling on websites.

For Bill, the “War on Christmas” is simply, December programming for his popular show.

Their persecution complex is alive and well, just not the imaginary threats they obsess about.

O’Reilly is one conservative who isn’t afraid to call out members of his own stripe if he sees something out of line.  Compare that to the pile of down feathers that Glenn Beck threw down for Gingrich before actually deciding to ask a critical question.  I will say this about O’Reilly, he asks questions the same way for everyone. 

“B-b-b-but….that’s not what my daddy taught me!”

Feigned feelings of imaginary persecution are fun, aren’t they? 

“Now, there is no question that Mr. Stewart is going to Hell.”

And of course, married, perverted pundits who fantasize about caressing female co-workers with mid-eastern snacks are bound for Heaven.

you have no sense of humor do you?  The whole bit was tongue in cheek.

My sense of humor is HUGE…but it pales in comparison to your enormous weepy vagina.

There is more empirical evidence that supports the existence of Jesus than there is evidence that supports the existence of Alexander the Great (research it); I suppose you don’t believe he existed either, then?  Also, if you want to make decisions about Christianity, then you should make those decisions based on the core teachings of the Holy Bible, not your experience in “church” or people who call themselves “Christians”.

Also, just FYI, Jesus never said to give all your money to the poor.  He never said to love everyone equally.  He also never said to never judge.  Quite the contrary, He said to tithe and give with a cheerful heart; He said to love our enemies, to love our neighbors, our brothers, but love our wives as He loves the church (a man should love his wife MORE than he loves his neighbor, and in a separate way, which is not equal); He also said we SHOULD judge with righteous judgment and not according to appearance.

Wow, you’re good.

[There is more empirical evidence that supports the existence of Jesus than there is evidence that supports the existence of Alexander the Great (research it)]

I looked Mike, and could find nothing reputable. In fact, the earliest indisputable evidence of *any* form of Christianity is graffitti in a Roman catacomb decades after Jesus’s death.

Please provide links, if you don’t mind. As far as I can tell, there is a great deal of speculation based on this suspicious lack of evidence that Jesus didn’t even exist.

I guess every Fortune 500 company scared into a PC Xmas….meaning none at office, is just an accident.   Public schools Xmas is removed.  Town Square many exhibits removed.  Your either mentally challanged or a political hack zombie.

Lefty PC talk is forced on everyone even politicans. 

He is a typical NY Jew.  Has yumica and is circumcised….there a Jew in name only.

Jesus had nothing to do with the killing in his name.  Man did that.  Just like like man aborts millions of “vigin” babys.  And specifical more black babies have been aborted in 25 years then there are blacks living in the US right now.  LIB power at work.

Bang …right on or all the dumb crap man does in his name.  Funny we dont ever talk about Allah and Muslims and what their god has had them “do”.

“There is more empirical evidence that supports the existence of Jesus
than there is evidence that supports the existence of Alexander the
Great (research it)”

[Citation needed]

every christian Holiday was lined up with the local pagan system.  Prime example is Sout America catholics in more recent times, 400 years ago.  I dont see it as a bad…..its marketing.   Whats funny is Easter is the bigger/main Holiday NOT Xmas.  Everybody is born only one was Resurrected.   So digging dirt on Xmas, an event recorded in Roman history as the great Census order by Ceasar thru Pontius Pilot is weaker.  Thats history.  Now Easter has plenti of room for scrutiny

uh…
Jesus is God right? God know all? sees all? alpha omega????
so when God, before he was Jesus, knew all of this would happen and created it anyway…
it is like if you built a home on a cliff you knew was going to collapse and all people who lived there would die..you would pretty much be responsible right?
see you cannot have it both (all) ways..
that is the problem with the righteous who claim to ‘know the truth’…it only takes 1 small thing to blow your whole reality to pieces…but with religion–it is like fish in the proverbial barrel.
now why don’t you tell me how baby Jesus created the billions of stars and planets and black holes as big as 20 billion suns ok?

this is why fox news and the gop do so well with you crazy bastards..
you go to some funky money making church(which Jesus explicity says not to) to have some clown tell you WHAT GOD SAYS?
you have no imagination and you are lazy..
If God can create a universe and talk to Palin and Bachman..I am sure s(he) can communicate with me–sans literary text…

so enjoy your superstitions and flat world mentality~
CHIRSITANS KILLED THE PEOPLE AND 80% OF ALL ABORTIONS ARE BY ADMITTED CHRISTIANS…
just think if Muslims were killing as many children as Christian women..
OMG

I’m not going to get into a religious discussion since I think it’s pretty clear I’m drawing a distinction between the church and Christ. I also think a person named Jesus lived, though I don’t think he was the son of god. Your assertion that there is more evidence for Jesus than Alexander the Great is definitely false. Alexander had a large number of contemporary historians and historians that wrote about him in the immediate decades following his death, not to mention the hard evidence of ancient towns named after him or by him (Greek names showing up in India, etc). Jesus is mentioned by a couple of contemporary historians but only passingly. Suetonius, for example, gives him a paragraph in his history on the Emperor Tiberius, saying someone named Jesus with a small fervent following was killed. Christianity was not popular and there was little evidence archaeologically speaking until 200 years after Jesus died. 

I see your point about Jesus asking people to love certain people more (doesn’t quite disprove what I’m saying, but I get it), but he certainly said give up all of your riches. 

Luke 12:33: Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys

There’s also a part in the Bible about not throwing stones if you’ve sinned. Pretty sure O’Reilly has sinned. 

actually got masters from a Christian U—
but i knew the truth about religion long before that..

the bible is a book written by men in the desert based on stories and myths..that is why there are similar stories in other cultures and why the Jesus and Moses stories are almost identical..

i may have poor typing..but at least i am not fooled with lazy faith huh?

allah is god dumbass…same diety–different name?
this is the problem..
Islam is bogus too–at least they still use the original text and most Muslims actually practice their faith—-
Christians do not even read their book in its original form..BECAUSE THERE IS NONE…
and ironically? THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE LAST BOOK OF THE BIBLE SAYS..
“And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
everything that people of faith do–IS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT THEY CLAIM TO BELIEVE…
you people are nutty~

please post that -
oh ya you know nothing about the koran..or the Bible–or anything huh?
read something dumbass..

What graffiti are you referring to?

Also, I would question what you consider to be ‘reputable.’  It’s easy to dismiss something simply because we may not want to accept it, but our opinion doesn’t change the fact of it’s existence (or lack thereof – like the evolutionist’s Oort’s Cloud, or a creationist’s god).

I can get off track sometimes, so I’ll try to remain on the subject of evidences.  Also, please remember that we’re discussing the simple existence of Jesus, not His divinity.

I’m referring to the Dead Sea Scrolls, by the way.  Just one example, dating back to 200 B.C.  With diligent research, a person can delve into a great deal of historical accuracy (and fallacy!) that they never knew about (or perhaps never cared about).

If you’re looking for fingerprints or blood samples, you won’t find that with the scrolls – and would be useless if you did, as there is nothing to test against (to my knowledge, anyway).  But what we do have is historical testimony acknowledging His existence – just like for Alexander the Great.

As far as links go, I could point you to some, but I don’t even wholly trust them, as I do my research in libraries.  In my opinion, simply accepting a website as truth isn’t a good thing – though the internet is a great reference tool.

MMMmmmmm

Republican LOVE.

And ewwwww

on knowing personal stuff about his pee pee.

Is it Bill’s belief that all non-believers are going to hell and that Jon is a liberal Jew and is damned to the eternal pit of fire, or is O’Rielly a real dick trying to be funny.

My earlier post was to Edward.  This one is to John.

What historians are you referring to?

Also, the passage in Luke that you quoted was not about Christians selling everything and giving it to the poor, but was talking about the people who believed their security lay in earthly possessions (instead of Jesus), and needed to lay up treasure in heaven instead (the purse that won’t fail)- that’s why He said to sell it and give to the poor.  

True Christians do practice charity, but there’s nothing wrong with having more than someone else, as long as the needs of the poorer brethren are met (one of the reasons why we tithe).

Yes, you’re right about Bill being a sinner (as we all are).  :)  The type of judgment we’re NOT supposed to do, is an ultimate judgment – like what Bill did when he said Jon was going to Hell.  It’s for no one to say who will or will not go to Hell, as that is for God to judge.  But we DO judge other things as long as it’s righteous (according to God’s word); like, it’s okay for me to judge Bill being wrong for making an ultimate judgment on Jon (even though it was for comedy, it was still an ultimate judgment and wrong to do) – I don’t hate Bill for it, I’m not mad at him, he just shouldn’t do it as it’s against God’s word, and it’s my Christian duty to make that judgment, but not my duty to punish him for it.

Whether he chooses to adhere to it is his choice though – and I fully support his freedom to make that choice (as I support yours – though I may disagree with it).

I know you said you didn’t want to get into a religious debate, and I’m really trying not to, but at the same time, it’s my Christian duty to help people understand the truth and context of God’s word whenever the peaceful opportunity presents itself – I hope you understand.  :)

Christmas eve in Hanoi is nuts, churches over flowing into the streets, processions at midnight , every kid in town racing around on their motorbike dressed like Santa having a great time. Streets packed till 2 am.

So much for the godless communist and their war on Christmas

Boy those lefties sure are powerful. Despite being a minority and also lazier and stupider than you rightwingers, they manage to force even Republican presidents to do their will.How do they do it? You really gotta wonder.

No-one is more PC than the conservatives who insist that the official position of government must be to celebrate christmas, the president must mention God in the Thanksgiving speech, schools must teach intelligent design.  No deviation will be tolerated . . . and on and on go the thought police at Fox.

Hah! The level of PC behavior demanded of Republicans is so extreme they can’t even find a credible person who will run as the nominee. 

Because the man who decides whether or not a black woman goes ahead with her pregnancy, shouldn’t be her worthless partner, it should be some religious nut who doesn’t believe in abortion.  Frightening.

One of my favorite Japanese Holidays would not make it in the Bible Belt of the US. Just like you cannot buy Trojan Vibrations in many States of the South even Texas & Kansas hopped on the wagon.I personally love their love of the human phallus where they carry a long carved wood phallus through town and all the people celebrate.

Well this year most Federal Employee’s don’t get the holiday off..It’s on a Sunday this year.

Assuming that was an interrogative and not a statement, might I suggest you complete your sentence with a question mark?

Oh, and spelling is a real plus also. Thanks! :OP

Attacks on traditional beliefs and holy days by the secular-Left aside, I do enjoy the banter between BOR and Stewart. It is entertaining to watch.

You must remember this…Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet. So, yes the do follow his teachings. Just like in 2004 the Tsunami that hit Indonesia very hard killing upwards of 250,000 in 14 country’s. When it came time for aid most of the Christian Nations boasted on how much they gave. Muslim country’s however followed teachings of Christ…to give without letting others know…Aka giving with one hand and not knowing how much with the other.

Shoot just this past Monday December 5th the Muslims celebrated/fast then feast to celebrate Moses and the Jews escaping through the Red Sea. Remember the pillar of fire and the parted sea.

As Jon Stewart said, the two governors before Chaffee also used the term “Holiday Tree,” not “Christmas Tree.”  Both of those governors were Republicans.

Did O’Reilly send Jesse Waters out to ambush those Republican governors?  Lincoln Chaffee has only been governor since January, 2011……so Jesse Waters should have had plenty of opportunity to grill at least the previous governor.

And, if O’Reilly and those people Waters interviews are so “offended” by the use of the term “Holiday Tree,” I wonder if they are offended when beck has used the Nazi/Hitler comparison of Obama and his administration literally hundreds of times?  Nazis killed millions of people.  A “Holiday Tree” never hurt anyone. 

I wonder if they are offended by Bachmann’s crazy and hateful things she has said about gay people?  I wonder if they are offended by Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, saying that gays are “barbarians” who need “education and discipline?”  Hate speech harms people; “Holiday Trees” do not.

I have never seen O’Reilly criticize beck for his Nazi/Hitler terminology, nor have I seen him criticize Bachmann or any of the other GOP screwballs over their use of hateful language.

O’Reilly said that these companies have the right to use the phrase “Christmas Tree,” and that is correct.   But it is also true that Chaffee has every right to use the phrase “Holiday Tree,” as did the 2 Republicans before him.

sorry, Antonio. The Fox followers cannot accept the truth. They must have a problem so they can complain about being a victim, every day of the year!

John, stating facts on this page will not change Fox viewers’ minds. Facts are not important!

not to mention the many different interpretations from the original languages the different books were written in, plus other books finally being written down many, many years after the stories and letters were originally passed out. Not to mention the mistakes made when bibles were copied by hand, whether the mistakes were unintentional or on purpose. 

I am ready to start the war on Easter! Who’s gonna tell the bunny?

As for Alexander…You must think that Alexandria in Egypt does not exist. You must also believe that the people who live east of Greece that have blond or red hair don’t exist.DNA testing can be done to prove that some of their ancestors were Greek or Macedonian Why do you think that Greece forced the UN to call the new nation of Macedonia as “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia? Even the Greeks know Alexander existed.

You must have missed his words when he said “Sell all your possessions and follow me.Matthew 19:21 and Luke 18:22

You must have also missed Matthew 7:1-2 & Luke 6:37
Judge not lest ye be Judged.

I have no idea where you have found Christ saying that we should judge with righteous judgement that is his part when we get to heaven.

Just so you know when tithing you are to give with one hand and not letting the other know how much you gave.Even Muslims learned this from their Prophet…Jesus

To me there is no war on Chrismas.  The reason I believe merchants use the phrase Happy Holidays because it’s inclusive.  Let us be real.  Most smart business and/or store owner want to reach out to as customers as possible..  Its good business.   Nobody is preventing Christians from  wishing each other Merry Christmas.  My solution to the so called “War on Christmas”  Is keep the Happy Holidays phrase for  shopping centers, malls, etc.  Put decorations up different December holidays  This may cost somewhat more.  However it could please more consumers and the more pleased, more sales. Include Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Feliz Navidad.

I agree with you in that “Happy Holidays” has long since been a way of wishing everyone the best during their respective holiday. It is absolutely inclusive and smart business for retailers. However I don’t believe this is where the controversy lies.

Where one starts referring to a Christmas Tree as a “Holiday Tree” is where the rub begins. I suppose it would like calling a Menorah a “Holiday Candelabra” I’m fairly certain the Jewish community would have something to say about that.

Suspending a kid for coming to a school “Holiday Party” dressed in a Santa suit might be another example of secularism run amok. There seems to be no shortage of examples.

Fine. But when Diwali comes up I am going to wish everybody a happy Diwali same thing with Ramadan and Rosh Hashna

now when i was growing up in the 50′s i would run down to see what presents were under the CHRISTMAS TREE!!!! pleze!!!! someone tell me what year and the reason it was changed to a HOLIDAY TREE????

You have gotten a few terms wrong. Holy Roman Empire-Charlemagne 800 ACE centered mostly in France and Western Germany.and Northern Italy.

Byzantine Empire aka Eastern Roman Empire had converted to Christianity in 324 ACE under Constantine.

But yes, the “early Christians” actually celebrated on Jan 6.However later they adopted the Roman Feast of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ. This date was selected by the Western Roman Empire by the Pope at the time. {Early to mid 4th Century}

However the change from the Julian Calender to the Gregorian Calender does present some problems. Almost all “Eastern Rite” Nations have switched to the Gregorian Calender but the Eastern Rite Churches have not…It means they can get some good specials on Dec 26th since Christmas isn’t until Jan 7;

Man O’Reilly…what bullshit. Stewart destroyed you over Common — you’re asking for trouble.

Bill O’Reilly,

It’s 9pm…do you know whose bed your wife is in?

artice was great only one word if any could be changed demegod for god

Bill O’ Reilly……  Still out there on Fox fake new’s fringe giving right wing extremist blow jobs to stupid straight ticket voting registered republicans who are too lazy (or stupid) to pick up the TV remote control and change the channel to one that broadcasts the truth and facts.

He’s right. There’s not war on Christmas. And even if there were, it would be about as effective as the so called war on Drugs.

I thought right-wingers and neo-cons were the “new conservatives”.  Did I miss something? 

Yes it is like the war on drugs, but in your comparison the drug lords are the ones attacking Christmas and anything else Christian for that matter.