Michael KnowlesThe only group more frustrating than lefties who wage the war on Christmas are the right-wingers who abet them. These #NeverSanta conservatives alternately gaslight their co-partisans on the war’s existence and then insist that none of it really matters anyway. The #NeverSanta coalition brings together disparate factions of the right: would-be sophisticates on the social left who cringe at their unpolished co-partisans and dour Christians on the Religious Right who bemoan the insufficient religiosity of folk traditions surrounding the Incarnation and insist that only Benedict monks ought ever to utter the phrase, “Merry Christmas.” Both miss the point entirely.
The War on Christmas is a battle over language. Those who wish others a “merry Christmas” use clear, precise language for the only major holiday in December and the reason for the season of Christmastime. Politically correct culture warriors insist on the vague euphemism “happy holidays” to avoid uttering the holiday-that-must-not-be-named.
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