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underpants

(182,736 posts)
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:43 AM Oct 2021

Hey DU! We need to start planning the 🎄 War on Christmas 🎄


I know, last year we were all taking a breather after the election but damn it we need to get going on this. It was either Sun Tzu or Patton who said, “Those who fail to prepare before Walgreens gets their Christmas stuff up is preparing for failure”.

Okay so much of their troops have been redirected to fighting Critical Race Theory dissertations in elementary schools which is either some brilliant work by G2 on our part or just dumb luck. This may help isolate them if we have effective single envelope maneuver.

Now this whole Just In Time inventory collapse is like a weather anomaly but we’ll take. Boy gotta love that capitalism devouring its own commercialization of a holiday. Thank you God!

Anyway, I do think we need to get going on this.
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Hey DU! We need to start planning the 🎄 War on Christmas 🎄 (Original Post) underpants Oct 2021 OP
Start? We've never stopped. Shell_Seas Oct 2021 #1
That's the spirit underpants Oct 2021 #74
Way ahead of you. I've already jammed up all the major ports. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #2
DUzy! FSogol Oct 2021 #4
😆😆😆 underpants Oct 2021 #8
! demmiblue Oct 2021 #17
hahaha mountain grammy Oct 2021 #18
They're ready and waiting! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #23
I agree, although, in some cases we may already be too late. Dollar Tree has had niyad Oct 2021 #3
👆 underpants Oct 2021 #75
Damn...seems to me like the War On Christmas starts earlier every year. Captain Stern Oct 2021 #5
I know, it is so frustrating! PatSeg Oct 2021 #15
Exactly. It just kind of ruins the whole War. Captain Stern Oct 2021 #48
I'm thinking that we should just PatSeg Oct 2021 #60
Halloween is the Devil's holiday! It's Harvest-Fest now! nt Ilsa Oct 2021 #36
There is no war on Halloween amongst us devil worshippers. DemocraticPatriot Oct 2021 #80
It's already under way. Jolliness is no laughing matter. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #6
Once more unto the breech Dr. Fauci!!! jcgoldie Oct 2021 #12
Wow she's a rebel huh? underpants Oct 2021 #62
I'm printing up my "Keep Yule in Yuletide" bumper stickers right now! Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #7
Axial Tilt is the Reason for the Season! Hekate Oct 2021 #66
LOL! That might be better! Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #70
Keep the X in Xmas SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #67
And if Biden bans Chtistmas presents Chipper Chat Oct 2021 #9
I like the old sixties slogan DFW Oct 2021 #10
Reminded me instantly of one of my all-time favorite songs... Moostache Oct 2021 #46
Sun Tzu said that? Jerry2144 Oct 2021 #11
I'm in! Laurelin Oct 2021 #13
Yes I think it's okay underpants Oct 2021 #73
Well, President Biden has already outlawed candy canes n/t hibbing Oct 2021 #14
Lowes has their Christmas shit upo already. I might as well put out my Hotler Oct 2021 #16
RWNJ's used to correct us saying "Happy Holidays"" lambchopp59 Oct 2021 #19
Love that pic! SergeStorms Oct 2021 #43
And the traditional gold, frankincense, myrrh, and bay leaves. (nt) Pinback Oct 2021 #53
You mean the war on X-mas Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #20
Kill shot. SergeStorms Oct 2021 #44
As we may be wearing masks into December, sarge43 Oct 2021 #21
Io Saturnalia, ciudadano Romano!! ... marble falls Oct 2021 #24
Is that Latin for "party hardy, player"? n/t sarge43 Oct 2021 #26
Close enough! (nothing naughty or insulting was used in that post!) Just some "lazy" Latin. marble falls Oct 2021 #28
Make it Oct 2, then we'll have an extra year to overspend!! marble falls Oct 2021 #22
Happy Holidays rickford66 Oct 2021 #25
I've got my recruiting posters ready... SidDithers Oct 2021 #27
Nice illustrations, Sid! I'd frame them and hang them in the room my in-laws use when they visit. marble falls Oct 2021 #29
I did these in 2009 to post on DU... SidDithers Oct 2021 #30
So it does. It doesn't bother me because there is no doubt: my mind has flown off with the times! .. marble falls Oct 2021 #32
Well, we had that heathen muslim in the WH then, Ilsa Oct 2021 #38
Starbucks has slit the throats of these polar bears IronLionZion Oct 2021 #31
OMG!!! Report them to the World Wildlife Federation! Ilsa Oct 2021 #40
That's brutal. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #76
The war on Christmas has many casualties IronLionZion Oct 2021 #78
Yep. Even the Christmas bears have to go. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #81
We're with you Duncanpup Oct 2021 #33
How did I know this was you? swimboy Oct 2021 #34
Preparing the cannons to fire containers of Happy Holidays masks Wicked Blue Oct 2021 #35
First, we need the War on Columbus Day SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #37
And don't forget the war on Veterans Day. nt Ilsa Oct 2021 #41
Veterans know all about war. It doesn't bother us. jmowreader Oct 2021 #42
Oh we won that one. underpants Oct 2021 #63
I'm gonna use the same technique we used on the vaccinations. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #39
Nice PsyOps you got there. yonder Oct 2021 #52
I'd be happy to serve. And you can be my chief fundraiser! (I prefer untraceable cash) Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #55
Don't forget to tell them SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #61
Happy holidays! Initech Oct 2021 #45
OMG you just went Nuclear! bluewater Oct 2021 #54
It's funny how they call us "triggered snowflakes"... Initech Oct 2021 #57
+1000 bluewater Oct 2021 #58
More tanks and heavy artillery. Sneederbunk Oct 2021 #47
Heavy artillery plays a central role in my famous Christmas poem... jmowreader Oct 2021 #51
I'm planning my War on Christmas decorations now jmowreader Oct 2021 #49
Campaign signs are going up for city council elections, I'm putting up Hotler Oct 2021 #79
I was born Jewish. I guess that makes me a general in the War on Christmas. AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 #50
I gotta admit Bettie Oct 2021 #56
D'ya think my neighborhood association will go for this? lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #59
Hahaha underpants Oct 2021 #65
We Champps are going to keep our pumpkins going from now to New Years Champp Oct 2021 #64
Agent De Joy is doing his part! ThoughtCriminal Oct 2021 #68
Well, we have seen to it Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #69
My Antifa cell has been on it since the day after last Christmas. Brother Mythos Oct 2021 #71
Yes! underpants Oct 2021 #72
I can go knock over a Christmas elf in the Kroger's holiday aisle. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #77
Please please no destruction underpants Oct 2021 #83
I'll try to contain myself. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #84
Can I have the Black/Latinx Santa section? nolabear Oct 2021 #82

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. Way ahead of you. I've already jammed up all the major ports.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:55 AM
Oct 2021

Also, I've taken out half of the department-store Santas by gathering them for a big COVID event in Sturgis.

niyad

(113,232 posts)
3. I agree, although, in some cases we may already be too late. Dollar Tree has had
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:58 AM
Oct 2021

christmas merchandise for a month now. Both it and safeway have started their toy drives, which is a sad commentary on how bad things are.

But, ready whenever the orders come down.

I forgot to mention, I'll be using my usual "season's greetings", "happy holidays", etc. Really passes them off.

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
5. Damn...seems to me like the War On Christmas starts earlier every year.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:58 AM
Oct 2021

Would it be too much to ask to do the Wars on Halloween and Thanksgiving first?

PatSeg

(47,370 posts)
15. I know, it is so frustrating!
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:31 AM
Oct 2021

Every damn year!!! Sometimes it feels like we just ended last year's war on Christmas and then it is time to do it again!!!

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
48. Exactly. It just kind of ruins the whole War.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:18 AM
Oct 2021

The War on Christmas used to be really fun, but now it's just far too commercialized.

Takes the fun right out of it for me.

PatSeg

(47,370 posts)
60. I'm thinking that we should just
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:52 PM
Oct 2021

have the war every other year. It would give us more time to prepare and it would be far more satisfying. Maybe we could have a war on Christmas one year and then a war on Easter the next. It sure feels like I just packed all my war stuff away and now it is time to take it out again!

Sadly, it just isn't as special as it used to be.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,378 posts)
6. It's already under way. Jolliness is no laughing matter.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:59 AM
Oct 2021
This Grinch can move right along, the Boebert household is celebrating Christmas no matter what he says.

And someone should let him know that tyrants only get coal in their stocking.


Chipper Chat

(9,676 posts)
9. And if Biden bans Chtistmas presents
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:09 AM
Oct 2021

I'm still going to give each of my Young Republican kids new Cadillacs.

DFW

(54,330 posts)
10. I like the old sixties slogan
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:20 AM
Oct 2021

"What if they had a war and nobody came?"

Republicans have been showing up every fall, armed to the teeth, looking to fight a war that never existed, was never fought, and was only declared in their imaginations.

And still they show up, thinking that THIS year, they'll see Godot.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
46. Reminded me instantly of one of my all-time favorite songs...
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:17 AM
Oct 2021

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace

You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Laurelin

(518 posts)
13. I'm in!
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:28 AM
Oct 2021

I hereby vow that I will NOT say Merry Christmas to ANY of my Jewish or Wiccan friends. Is it still ok to give them chocolate letters for Sinterklaas, though?

Hotler

(11,412 posts)
16. Lowes has their Christmas shit upo already. I might as well put out my
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:34 AM
Oct 2021

Season's Greetings yard sign early also.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
19. RWNJ's used to correct us saying "Happy Holidays""
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:36 AM
Oct 2021

Until one of the prominent preeeeechers pointed out to them it means "Happy Holy Days". Wasn't so sacrilegious after all.

SergeStorms

(19,192 posts)
43. Love that pic!
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:14 AM
Oct 2021

With the FSM prominently displayed, but shouldn't he be portrayed in a colander instead of a manger?

The Pirates ☠ of the Caribbean are a nice touch as well. Perhaps a GI Joe with the Kung-fu grip in addition?

All in all, a smashing crèche display, but may I suggest Kangaroos, Komodo Dragons and perhaps a Tyrannosaurus Rex instead of the usual sheep, rams and donkeys? They were all on the Ark too, don't forget.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
21. As we may be wearing masks into December,
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:46 AM
Oct 2021

how about masks with "Happy" pagan December holidays messages

Saturnalia
Heliogenna (the Greek Titan Helios)
Winter Solstice Yule
Hogmanay ancient Scottish New Year celebration

marble falls

(57,063 posts)
32. So it does. It doesn't bother me because there is no doubt: my mind has flown off with the times! ..
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:10 AM
Oct 2021

I'm not even aware of what I am not aware of, if you can get my drift.

Ilsa

(61,692 posts)
38. Well, we had that heathen muslim in the WH then,
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:47 AM
Oct 2021

with his wife who dared to select beautiful decorations. Somebody had to protest!

IronLionZion

(45,411 posts)
31. Starbucks has slit the throats of these polar bears
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:10 AM
Oct 2021


It's a bloody message warning us all that liberals don't want unvaccinated patriots to enjoy Christmas

Duncanpup

(12,840 posts)
33. We're with you
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:16 AM
Oct 2021

I just saw your post I posted something similar at 9:16 I deleted it not knowing you put up something earlier, Yet I’m ready for the war on Christmas under pants let’s ride.

SCantiGOP

(13,868 posts)
37. First, we need the War on Columbus Day
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:29 AM
Oct 2021

The patriots who insist on celebrating this day like to get lost on the way to the grocery store to buy spices, and then infect the staff at the wrong store where they end up.

Midnight Writer

(21,738 posts)
39. I'm gonna use the same technique we used on the vaccinations.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 10:47 AM
Oct 2021

I'm going to encourage folks to say Merry Christmas. I'm going to put lights up around my house, I'll get a Christmas tree, I'll play Christmas music, I'll buy gaily wrapped gifts.

When they see I encourage Christmas, they'll react the same way they did when I encouraged vaccines.

They will refuse to participate because nobody tells them what to do, and they will want to own the lib.

Christmas is doomed!

SCantiGOP

(13,868 posts)
61. Don't forget to tell them
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:47 PM
Oct 2021

That George Soros and the Chinese Communist Party has ordered you to vote straight Republican next year.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
57. It's funny how they call us "triggered snowflakes"...
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:29 PM
Oct 2021

Yet they go absolutely insane when they walk into Wal-Mart or Bed Bath & Beyond and they don't greet you with "Merry Christmas'. Like really who gives a fuck?

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
51. Heavy artillery plays a central role in my famous Christmas poem...
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:26 AM
Oct 2021

“Why the Grinch Stole Christmas.” In it, the Grinch was so pissed off by the Karenness of the Whos that he broke into their houses, stole their stuff and had his Russian cousin blow it up with his 2S5 152mm self-propelled gun. Unfortunately it didn’t work because the Whos just bought new stuff.

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
49. I'm planning my War on Christmas decorations now
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:22 AM
Oct 2021

For some reason they don’t sell inflatable Elmer Fudd figurines. What I shall do is buy an inflatable Santa and reindeer set, put the sleigh in my shrubs nose-first, and throw the reindeer all over the yard in a random fashion - the Fudd statue would, of course, imply he shot Santa down. I’d really like to have a door wreath that says Bah Humbug on it, but I fear I’m going to have to make it. I should also get a couple pieces of scrap coroplast at work, print “Why the Grinch Stole Christmas” on them (hint: he was working retail) and put them up for all to read. After all, it’s not Christmas without reading the stirring lines “They pulled the Grinch out of his nice Whoville store / and sent him to one in Ulan-Baator.”

Bettie

(16,086 posts)
56. I gotta admit
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:02 PM
Oct 2021

I've been phoning it in for the last few years, so I'm ready for tips to do better this year!

Mr.Bill

(24,274 posts)
69. Well, we have seen to it
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 07:13 PM
Oct 2021

that all Christmas gifts that come from China are held up on container ships offshore of our ports.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
82. Can I have the Black/Latinx Santa section?
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 12:23 PM
Oct 2021

My grandsons are biracial, one with a Mexican birth mother and one with an Afro-Cuban birth father. We’re stocking up on Santas and angels and elves and other Christmas characters of all ethnicities.

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