Time for the War on Christmas Posts

Every year about this time we start seeing stories about various entities, often governmental, who seem to have declared war on Christmas. Don Surber mentions some of those today, including schools that want to ban "candy canes, Santas, and 'other religious items'".

Another story quoted parent Kathryn McMillan, who also wants Santa in school, as saying: “One of the parents said, ‘If we allow Santa, what do we say if a child brings in a swastika? Do we allow that too?’ “

This set off Boston Herald columnist Michael Graham, who mocked this idea and coined the word Swasti-Claus.

Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”?

“Who knew that had a hidden message?” Graham wrote.

Visions of goose-stepping reindeer now dance in my head.

Just the fact that so many people now equate Christmas trees and Santa Claus with Christianity tells you how silly this annual argument has become. Those anti-religious types should absolutely love Christmas trees since their origination can be traced to pagan festivals and not mangers and virgin births.