War on Xmas - Dispatches From The Front

[onager]

There is actually a War on Christmas. But Christmas started it, with its unparalleled aggression against the Thanksgiving Holiday, and now Christmas has seized much Lebensraum in November, and are pushing into October. The rest of us seek to repel these invaders, and push them back to the status quo ante bellum Black Friday border. —A random moonbat, quoted on the Wikipedia entry

A-a-a-n-d here's the opening salvo for 2015. Kirk Cameron rolls out his intellectual/historical artillery to blast away at the infidel "Happy Holidays" invaders:

Some previous dispatches. I love the map of "Secular Humanistan" in the first one:







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[John1956PA]

1. Hunter's 2005 "Dispatch from the War on Christmas" from Daily Kos is a favorite of mine.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/09/170793/-Dispatch-From-the-War-on-Christmas

How long must we be persecuted? Christmas is about Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards All, and how dare the pagan alliance of liberals, non-Christians, hippies and multinational corporations turn this into a damn war zone, where I have to look at every damn sign, and second-guess every greeting, and measure every Christmas tree to make sure that everyone understands that like we do.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Can't argue with that proof.

Or how about this proof: Puritans Condemn Christmas for 22 Years.

Well, here it is: the mother lode. A ban on Christmas that lasted over 22 years ... in America! The Puritans, for all their hemming and hawing over religious freedom, were a touchy group. Colony leader Governor William "Buzzkill Billy" Bradford, upon realizing that some pilgrims were taking the day off to celebrate Christmas, reprimanded them and instituted a fine of five shillings per mirth-making. (In his defense, he thought the song went "God Punish Ye Merry Gentlemen and Sentence Them to an Eternal Inferno.&quot

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/3-ways-war-christmas-way-older-than-you-think/#ixzz3L3YUcfMK

Then there is always Jon Stewart. (Of course, you have to live through an ad first.)

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/psmw09/the-war-on-christmas--friendly-fire-edition

[AlbertCat]

3. Kirk Cameron's saving Christmas

Great.... now I have to put my eyes out.

Thanks Obama!







(Is the apostrophe "s" possessive, or a contraction of "is"?)

[edhopper]

4. read the reviews for a laugh

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kirk_camerons_saving_christmas/?search=saving%20christmas

A 0% on rotten tomatoes. read some of the reviews for a good laugh.

[onager]

5. Reviews & comments both great...

I attended a matinee with five other people at a depressing theater in Burbank, the only place in Los Angeles showing “Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas.” Christy Lemire, rogerebert.com

Well, that's interesting. The "only place in Los Angeles" showing that piece of dreck was ONE theater in Burbank? Impressive! Since the "Los Angeles area," including the County and unincorporated zones, is bigger than some states.

Had "Saving Christmas" run any longer, Cameron would no doubt have found a way to find the divinity in Frosty, Rudolph, the Grinch, peppermint bark, the Elf on the Shelf, frosted cranberry hand soap and Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo. - Alonso Duralde, TheWrap

Now whenever I hear the name "Kirk Cameron," I'll always think of this...appropriately enough:

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Mr. Hanky is divine