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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #ff6600; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#ff6600"><b>Some dare call it</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory"><font size="4" color="White"><b>Conspiracy</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ffe6d5;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Conspiracy_theories" title="Category:Conspiracy theories"><img alt="Icon conspiracy.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/100px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/150px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/200px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="195" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#ff6600; text-align:center;"><b>What <i>THEY</i> don't want<br />you to know!</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffe6d5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_world_religion" title="One world religion">One world religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_Theory:_Did_We_Land_on_the_Moon%3F" title="Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?">Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underground" title="Underground">Underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Culture_of_Conspiracy" title="A Culture of Conspiracy">A Culture of Conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pissgate" title="Pissgate">Pissgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire" title="Grenfell Tower fire">Grenfell Tower fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalism_in_history_textbooks" title="Nationalism in history textbooks">Nationalism in history textbooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-racist_is_a_code_word_for_anti-white" title="Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white">Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship" title="Shakespeare authorship">Shakespeare authorship</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#ff6600; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Sheeple" title="Sheeple"><span style="color:white">Sheeple</span></a> <a href="/wiki/Wake_up" title="Wake up"><span style="color:white">wakers</span></a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffe6d5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Thomson_Iserbyt" title="Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt">Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCADIA" title="UCADIA">UCADIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Yiamouyiannis" title="John Yiamouyiannis">John Yiamouyiannis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joni_Ernst" title="Joni Ernst">Joni Ernst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Russia" title="Liberal Democratic Party of Russia">Liberal Democratic Party of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel" title="Mike Gravel">Mike Gravel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_F._Branco" title="Antonio F. Branco">Antonio F. Branco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Chapman" title="Kyle Chapman">Kyle Chapman</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Conspiracynav" title="Template:Conspiracynav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Conspiracynav" title="Template talk:Conspiracynav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Conspiracynav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas though they know in their hearts it is older than <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a>, older than Memphis and mankind.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—<a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The so-called "<b>War on <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a></b>" (or less <a href="/wiki/Inflammatory_language" title="Inflammatory language">sensationally</a>, the <b>Christmas controversy</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Right-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-wing">right-wing</a> demagogic neologism referring to real or imagined <a href="/wiki/Secular" title="Secular">secularist</a> attempts to keep the annual December <a href="/wiki/Solstice" class="mw-redirect" title="Solstice">solstice</a> holiday shopping season <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">culturally inclusive</a> (which exponents of the term further allege to be part of a larger and deeply sinister effort to undermine <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>'s status in the US and/or the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a> generally). Setting the standard by which all other <a href="/wiki/Manufactroversy" title="Manufactroversy">manufactroversies</a> may be judged, the claim is most famously hawked each and every year by none other than former <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News Channel</a> contributor <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly" title="Bill O'Reilly">Bill O'Reilly</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Origins"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Origins</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#.22They_ain.27t_makin.27_Jews_like_Jesus_anymore.E2.80.A6.22"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">"They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore…"</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#More_recently"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">More recently</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Not_like_it_used_to_be.3F"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Not like it used to be?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#So_what.27s_a_war_without_war_profiteers.3F"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">So what's a war without war profiteers?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#They.27ve_messed_up_our_economy.21"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">They've messed up our economy!</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#The_War_in_politics"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">The War in politics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#.22Happy_Holidays.22_may_also_refer_to.E2.80.A6"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">"Happy Holidays" may also refer to…</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Weapons_used_in_the_war"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Weapons used in the war</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Actual_wars_on_Christmas"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Actual wars on Christmas</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Actual_peace_on_Christmas"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Actual peace on Christmas</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Easter:_The_next_battlefield"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Easter: The next battlefield</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#War_on_Thanksgiving.3F"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">War on Thanksgiving?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Other_countries"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">Other countries</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">16</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">17</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">18</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Origins">Origins</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Few people, even among those who promote this idea, know that its modern-day form started out as a <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theory</a> promulgated by groups affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/John_Birch_Society" title="John Birch Society">John Birch Society</a>, who termed it the "<b>Assault on Christmas</b>".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> In 1959, they released a pamphlet called "There Goes Christmas", in which they claimed there was a <a href="/wiki/Red-baiting" title="Red-baiting">new communist plot</a> to "take the <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a> out of Christmas" by replacing Christmas decorations with <s><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">jewish</a></s> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> iconography. The Society claimed that this formed part of a larger push to stamp out <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> altogether and to cede American sovereignty to the UN. They urged members to <a href="/wiki/Boycott" class="mw-redirect" title="Boycott">boycott</a> any stores with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah" class="extiw" title="wp:Hanukkah" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Hanukkah">inappropriate</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> decorations".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>The JBS itself had developed the idea of a "War on Christmas" from interwar <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitic</a> publications, in particular <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ford" title="Henry Ford">Henry Ford</a>'s <i>The International Jew</i>. Detecting a part of a <a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_conspiracy" title="International Jewish conspiracy">supposed move to take over the world</a>, the automaker claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews">Jews</a> were launching a "war on <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>", at one point lamenting, "Last Christmas most people had a hard time finding Christmas cards that indicated in any way that Christmas commemorated Someone's Birth." This was (of course) seen as a plot by Jewish conspirators, who "consider any public expression of Christian character as being derogatory to [their] religion."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Sound familiar? </p> <h2><span id=""They_ain't_makin'_Jews_like_Jesus_anymore…""></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".22They_ain.27t_makin.27_Jews_like_Jesus_anymore.E2.80.A6.22">"They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore…"</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: "They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore…"">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg/250px-Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg/375px-Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg/500px-Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Hermey_the_elf_and_Rudolph.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Oy! What a schnoz!</div></div></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanukkah_bush.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Hanukkah_bush.jpg/250px-Hanukkah_bush.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Hanukkah_bush.jpg/375px-Hanukkah_bush.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Hanukkah_bush.jpg/500px-Hanukkah_bush.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanukkah_bush.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div><i>Rockin' around the Christmas tree, <br />Have a happy Hanukkah.</i></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ironically" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironically">Ironically</a> enough, quite a few of the most popular Christmas songs of the 20th century were written or co-written by Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> For instance: </p> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside" class="extiw" title="wp:Baby, It's Cold Outside" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Baby, It's Cold Outside">"Baby, It's Cold Outside"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser" class="extiw" title="wp:Frank Loesser" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Frank Loesser">Frank Loesser</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song" class="extiw" title="wp:The Christmas Song" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: The Christmas Song">"The Christmas Song"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="wp:Mel Tormé" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Mel Tormé">Mel Tormé</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)" class="extiw" title="wp:Robert Wells (songwriter)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Robert Wells (songwriter)">Bob Wells</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Waltz" class="extiw" title="wp:The Christmas Waltz" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: The Christmas Waltz">"The Christmas Waltz"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Cahn" class="extiw" title="wp:Sammy Cahn" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Sammy Cahn">Sammy Cahn</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jule_Styne" class="extiw" title="wp:Jule Styne" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jule Styne">Jule Styne</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Holiday_(song)" class="extiw" title="wp:Happy Holiday (song)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Happy Holiday (song)">"Happy Holiday"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin" class="extiw" title="wp:Irving Berlin" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Holly_Jolly_Christmas" class="extiw" title="wp:A Holly Jolly Christmas" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: A Holly Jolly Christmas">"A Holly Jolly Christmas"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks" class="extiw" title="wp:Johnny Marks" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_for_the_Holidays_(song)" class="extiw" title="wp:Home for the Holidays (song)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Home for the Holidays (song)">"Home for the Holidays"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Allen_(songwriter)" class="extiw" title="wp:Robert Allen (songwriter)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Robert Allen (songwriter)">Robert Allen</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Stillman" class="extiw" title="wp:Al Stillman" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Al Stillman">Al Stillman</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home_for_Christmas" class="extiw" title="wp:I'll Be Home for Christmas" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: I'll Be Home for Christmas">"I'll Be Home for Christmas"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Ram" class="extiw" title="wp:Buck Ram" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Buck Ram">Buck Ram</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kent" class="extiw" title="wp:Walter Kent" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Walter Kent">Walter Kent</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Most_Wonderful_Time_of_the_Year" class="extiw" title="wp:It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year">"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Pola" class="extiw" title="wp:Edward Pola" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Edward Pola">Edward Pola</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wyle" class="extiw" title="wp:George Wyle" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: George Wyle">George Wyle</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Got_My_Love_to_Keep_Me_Warm" class="extiw" title="wp:I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm">"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by Irving Berlin</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Snow,_Let_It_Snow,_Let_It_Snow" class="extiw" title="wp:Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow">"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Marshmallow_World" class="extiw" title="wp:A Marshmallow World" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: A Marshmallow World">"A Marshmallow World"</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sigman" class="extiw" title="wp:Carl Sigman" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Carl Sigman">Carl Sigman</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parade_of_the_Wooden_Soldiers" class="extiw" title="wp:Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers">"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Jessel" class="extiw" title="wp:Leon Jessel" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Leon Jessel">Leon Jessel</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" class="extiw" title="wp:Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by Johnny Marks</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(song)" class="extiw" title="wp:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)">"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by Johnny Marks</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Baby" class="extiw" title="wp:Santa Baby" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Santa Baby">"Santa Baby"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by Joan Javits and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Springer" class="extiw" title="wp:Philip Springer" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Philip Springer">Philip Springer</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town" class="extiw" title="wp:Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town">"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Coots" class="extiw" title="wp:John Frederick Coots" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: John Frederick Coots">J. Fred Coots</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bells" class="extiw" title="wp:Silver Bells" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Silver Bells">"Silver Bells"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Livingston" class="extiw" title="wp:Jay Livingston" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jay Livingston">Jay Livingston</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Evans" class="extiw" title="wp:Ray Evans" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Ray Evans">Ray Evans</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleigh_Ride" class="extiw" title="wp:Sleigh Ride" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Sleigh Ride">"Sleigh Ride"</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Parrish" class="extiw" title="wp:Mitchell Parrish" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Mitchell Parrish">Mitchell Parrish</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Need_a_Little_Christmas" class="extiw" title="wp:We Need a Little Christmas" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: We Need a Little Christmas">"We Need a Little Christmas"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Herman" class="extiw" title="wp:Jerry Herman" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)" class="extiw" title="wp:White Christmas (song)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: White Christmas (song)">"White Christmas"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> by Irving Berlin</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" class="extiw" title="wp:Winter Wonderland" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Winter Wonderland">"Winter Wonderland"</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Bernard" class="extiw" title="wp:Felix Bernard" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Felix Bernard">Felix Bernard</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_a_Mean_One,_Mr._Grinch" class="extiw" title="wp:You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch">"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hague" class="extiw" title="wp:Albert Hague" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Albert Hague">Albert Hague</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (lyrics by the gentile Dr. Seuss)</li></ul> <p>Then again, since these tunes focus on the nonreligious aspects of Christmas, those so inclined will eagerly put such authorships forward as "evidence" of a fiendish Jewish plot to secularize the holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Oh, heck! Let's all just sing Christmas songs around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah_bush" class="extiw" title="wp:Hanukkah bush" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Hanukkah bush">Hanukkah bush</span></a>!<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> And then we all can sing along to <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> Christmas songs!<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="More_recently">More recently</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: More recently">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The "War on Christmas" <a href="/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">meme</a> was revived in the 1990s by the <a href="/wiki/Paleoconservatism" title="Paleoconservatism">paleoconservative</a>, <a href="/wiki/VDARE" title="VDARE">VDARE</a> founder, <a href="/wiki/White_nationalism" title="White nationalism">white nationalist</a>, antisemite, and all-around wingnut Peter Brimelow, as part of a larger battle against <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">multiculturalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> However, no individual is more responsible for dragging the concept from the right-wing fringe into "mainstream" media culture, and making it into an annual tradition as reliable and inevitable as the holiday season itself, than Bill O'Reilly, who is apparently horrified (yes, <i>horrified!</i>) that <a href="/wiki/Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a> greeters and other retail workers might wish that their customers enjoy "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas", despite the fact that <a href="/wiki/Hypocrisy" title="Hypocrisy"><i>his own website</i> sold "holiday ornaments" rather than X-Mas ornaments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p><p>The fact that "Happy Holidays" can refer to any of more than a dozen end-of-the-year holidays (see <a href="/wiki/War_on_Christmas#.22Happy_Holidays.22_may_also_refer_to.E2.80.A6" title="War on Christmas">below</a>) never seems to have any real effect on the demagoguery. Neither does the idea that Christmas itself was first made by <i><a href="/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism">blatantly ripping off</a></i> a <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a> holiday (let's hear it for the War on Yule!), or that <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">puritanical</a> types have waged a few wars against Christmas themselves (<a href="/wiki/War_on_Christmas#Actual_wars_on_Christmas" title="War on Christmas">see below</a>), or that from a liturgical standpoint it's not appropriate <i>for Christians themselves</i> to share a Christmas greeting when it's still Advent (i.e., any time prior to sunset on Christmas Eve). So the <a href="/wiki/Religious_Right" title="Religious Right">Religious Right</a> keeps yammering about it, while the secularists keep making jokes about going along with it.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[note 1]</a></sup> As time passes by, the semi-<a href="/wiki/Ironic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironic">ironic</a> "Merry Christmas" greeting is gaining ground, used by some as a kind of meta-statement on the ongoing controversy. (It should be acknowledged that there <i>are</i>, in fact, some non-Christians who do object to the public usage of "Merry Christmas" — and in some cases even "Happy Holidays" — as expressions of Christian cultural hegemony in the West.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a></sup> However, and whether one agrees with their stance or not, such people aren't remotely close in either number or influence to becoming the Christmas-destroying juggernaut of right-wingers' fevered imaginations anytime soon.) </p><p>Interestingly enough, and in apparent defiance of the best efforts of the sinister anti-Christmas warriors, the proportion of American Christians who feel a religious meaning in Christmas is increasing,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup> even as church membership is generally declining in the U.S. as well. This would appear to suggest that the unstated premise that the meaning of Christmas rests upon people using the word to sell merchandise is not correct. </p><p>In 2016, then-President-elect <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> unilaterally declared an end to the War on Christmas, basically by declaring war on everyone who didn't say "Merry Christmas",<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></sup> although oddly enough Trump himself had previously waged war on Christmas when his management company banned Christmas trees from the lobby of one of his apartment houses in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span id="Not_like_it_used_to_be?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Not_like_it_used_to_be.3F">Not like it used to be?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Not like it used to be?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg/250px-FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="159" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg/375px-FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg/500px-FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2881" data-file-height="1833" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:FirstX-MasPostcard1843.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Let's all get drunk for Christmas, like the <a href="/wiki/Good_old_days" title="Good old days">good old days</a>! — the first Christmas card, featuring young children drinking red wine<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a></sup></div></div></div> <p>Many right-wingers misrepresent the history of Christian celebrations in an attempt to claim that Christmas in the past was all about religion, but now is <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">purely secular</a> with no mention of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>; for example, in 2017, there were claims that <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> schools were "trying to take pictures of Jesus out of Christmas cards".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a></sup> In addition to being completely made up, this ignores the fact that the <i>very first Christmas card ever made</i> had no mention of Christ, the <a href="/wiki/Nativity" title="Nativity">nativity</a>, <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="Angels">angels</a>, or anything religious. Designed by John Callcott Horsley in 1843, it featured a scene of people drinking <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a>, including a mother feeding it to her young child, with generic scenes of <a href="/wiki/Charity" title="Charity">charity</a> at either side.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a></sup> Most of Christmas tradition was invented in the 19th century by people such as Charles Dickens,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a></sup> whose novella <i>A Christmas Carol</i> focuses on Christmas as a time for charity and spending time with loved ones rather than emphasizing the Christmas message. Largely secular Victorian traditions like roast dinners (also popularized in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>), trees, and cards show the lack of religious significance. </p> <h2><span id="So_what's_a_war_without_war_profiteers?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="So_what.27s_a_war_without_war_profiteers.3F">So what's a war without war profiteers?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: So what's a war without war profiteers?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Evil_starbucks.jpeg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/1/12/Evil_starbucks.jpeg/250px-Evil_starbucks.jpeg" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/1/12/Evil_starbucks.jpeg/375px-Evil_starbucks.jpeg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/1/12/Evil_starbucks.jpeg/500px-Evil_starbucks.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="960" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Evil_starbucks.jpeg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Starbucks waged the War on Christmas in 2015, as proven here. One can view the hidden message by adding just a few lines with a magic marker.</div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Family_Association" title="American Family Association">American Family Association</a> (AFA) issues a yearly list of nationwide retail outlets often owned by huge multinational <a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">corporations</a> that they say are "for," "marginal on," or "<a href="/wiki/Evil_Jew" title="Evil Jew">against</a>" Christmas. The "for Christmas" companies supposedly use the word "Christmas" instead of "Xmas" <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[note 2]</a></sup> or "Holiday" in their advertising, while the "against Christmas" companies do not.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a></sup> Of course, the AFA doesn't seem to notice that many of the companies on the "for Christmas" list often substitute "Holiday" for "Christmas" in their ads or minimize the number of references to the holidays altogether. This has led to speculation <s>from godless, gay, pinko-commies</s> that maybe the AFA receives compensation for inclusion on the "for Christmas" list, a claim that the AFA denies.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[23]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span id="They've_messed_up_our_economy!"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="They.27ve_messed_up_our_economy.21">They've messed up our economy!</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: They've messed up our economy!">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In 2008, the ante was raised as a columnist blamed the year's <a href="/wiki/Banking_crisis" title="Banking crisis">economic crisis</a> on the War on Christmas. In true <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> op-ed style, Daniel Henninger said that the push against Christmas is leading us to a <i>Mad Max</i> type environment.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="The_War_in_politics">The War in politics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The War in politics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:White_House_Christmas_2018_(46060476411).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg/250px-White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg/375px-White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg/500px-White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:White_House_Christmas_2018_(46060476411).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Bloody hell, the war is over and nobody told us!</div></div></div> <p>In 2007, even some <a href="/wiki/President" class="mw-redirect" title="President">Presidential</a> candidates took up the war, with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a> claiming he was going to wish the gathered <a href="/wiki/Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> <a href="/wiki/Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans">Republicans</a> a "Merry Christmas" in spite of it possibly being "<a href="/wiki/Politically_incorrect" title="Politically incorrect">controversial</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a></sup> This was intensified in 2015 and 2016 under <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[note 3]</a></sup> Trump's wife, First Lady Melania Trump, officially declared the war over in 2018, when she told her then-friend on the phone: </p> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Who gives a fuck about the Christmas stuff and decorations? I say that I'm working on Christmas and planning for the Christmas and they said, 'Oh, <a href="/wiki/Whataboutism" title="Whataboutism">what about</a> the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement#Family_separation_policy_and_child_detention_centers" title="U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement">children that they were separated</a>?' Give me a fucking break.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[26]</a></sup></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2><span id=""Happy_Holidays"_may_also_refer_to…"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".22Happy_Holidays.22_may_also_refer_to.E2.80.A6">"Happy Holidays" may also refer to…</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: "Happy Holidays" may also refer to…">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:IrishPubChristmas1.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/1/14/IrishPubChristmas1.jpg/250px-IrishPubChristmas1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/1/14/IrishPubChristmas1.jpg/375px-IrishPubChristmas1.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/1/14/IrishPubChristmas1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:IrishPubChristmas1.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>One fine sentiment</div></div></div> <div class="div-col columns column-count column-count-2" style="-moz-column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; column-count: 2;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discordianism" title="Discordianism">Afflux</a></li> <li>Agnostica<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[27]</a></sup></li> <li>Alban Arthuan</li> <li>Baxter Day<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[note 4]</a></sup></li> <li>Beethoven's Birthday<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[note 5]</a></sup></li> <li>Black Friday</li> <li>Boxing Day</li> <li>Bug Nollig<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[note 6]</a></sup></li> <li>Buy Nothing Day</li> <li>Candlenights</li> <li>Cave Christmas<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[note 7]</a></sup></li> <li>Chinese New Year (occasionally)</li> <li>Chalica</li> <li>Chrimbus</li> <li>Chrismahanukwanzakah</li> <li>Chrismukkah</li> <li>Constitution Day<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[note 8]</a></sup></li> <li>Conventions occurring in December/January</li> <li>The Crystal Feast<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[note 9]</a></sup></li> <li>Cyber Monday</li> <li>Decemberween</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dianetics" title="Dianetics">Dianetics</a> <a href="/wiki/Scientology" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientology">Day</a></li> <li>Dies Natalis Solis Invicti</li> <li>Dongzhi Festival (Chinese winter solstice festival)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox</a> Christmas (observed on January 7)</li> <li>Eid al-Adha (<a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islamic</a> New Year)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[note 10]</a></sup></li> <li>Epiphany</li> <li>Festivus</li> <li>The Feast of Frith<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[note 11]</a></sup></li> <li>Freeza Day (or Frieza Day)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[28]</a></sup></li> <li>Friendsgiving</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Fawkes" title="Guy Fawkes">Guy Fawkes</a> Night</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_holidays#Hanukkah" title="Jewish holidays">Hanukkah</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[note 12]</a></sup></li> <li>Hearth's Warming Eve</li> <li>Hogswatch</li> <li>Holiday (<a href="/wiki/Pastafarianism" title="Pastafarianism">Pastafarianism</a>)</li> <li>HumanLight<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[29]</a></sup></li> <li>Inti Raymi</li> <li>The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[note 13]</a></sup></li> <li>Kuzmas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwanzaa" title="Kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a></li> <li>Lenaea</li> <li>Life Day</li> <li>The Long Night</li> <li>Merlinpeen</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Day" class="extiw" title="wp:Monkey Day" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Monkey Day">Monkey Day</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Newtonmas</a>, a.k.a: Grav-mass</li> <li>New Year's Eve</li> <li>New Year's Day (also celebrated on the first of April, by fools)</li> <li>Nickmas<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[note 14]</a></sup></li> <li>Nittel Nacht</li> <li>The Primary Gifting Period<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[note 15]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinnah%27s_Birthday" class="extiw" title="wp:Jinnah's Birthday" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jinnah's Birthday">Quaid-e-Azam-Day</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[note 16]</a></sup></li> <li>Saint Stephen's Day</li> <li>Saturnalia</li> <li>Second Rite of Belial</li> <li>Solstice (winter in the northern hemisphere, summer in the southern)</li> <li>Starlight Night<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[note 17]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> (in some places), or National Day of Mourning for <a href="/wiki/Native_American" title="Native American">Native Americans</a></li> <li>Twelfth Night</li> <li>Winter-een-mas</li> <li>Wintervaltide</li> <li>Xmas</li> <li>Yaldā</li> <li>Yule (or Jul)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esperanto" title="Esperanto">Zamenhof</a> Day (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamenhof_Day" class="extiw" title="wp:Zamenhof Day" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Zamenhof Day">yes, it's a real thing</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[note 18]</a></sup></li></ul></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Weapons_used_in_the_war">Weapons used in the war</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Weapons used in the war">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="div-col columns column-count column-count-2" style="-moz-column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; column-count: 2;"> <ul><li>Debauchery</li> <li>Holly</li> <li>Ivy</li> <li><s>Intercontinental Ballistic</s> Mistletoe</li> <li>Mummery</li> <li>Yule logs</li> <li>Gift exchanges</li> <li>Decorated evergreen trees (these are unbiblical)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[30]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic" title="Magic">Magical</a> reindeer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcohol" title="Alcohol">Alcohol</a></li> <li>Plastic, life-size <a href="/wiki/Santa" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa">Santas</a></li> <li>Flesh and blood, alcoholic Santas (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SantaCon" class="extiw" title="wp:SantaCon" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: SantaCon">SantaCon</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>)</li> <li>Strings of colored lights</li> <li>Wreaths</li> <li>Tanks</li> <li>Last-years' fruitcake, now weaponized, not to be confused with: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Food" title="Category:Food">Food</a>, often in extraordinarily large quantities</li></ul></li> <li>Roving gangs of musically-inclined, jovial songsters</li> <li>Christmas tree fires</li> <li>Eggnog, also weaponized</li></ul></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg/120px-Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg/180px-Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg/240px-Leaf_miner_holly_-_2003-04-05_-_Andy_Mabbett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Holly with leaf miner damage: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/evolutionary_arms_race" class="extiw" title="wp:evolutionary arms race" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: evolutionary arms race">evolutionary arms race</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg/93px-Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg/140px-Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg/186px-Karl_Witkowski-_Under_the_Mistletoe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="610" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Kissing under mistletoe </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:46.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Yulelog.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Yulelog.jpg/120px-Yulelog.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="57" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Yulelog.jpg/180px-Yulelog.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Yulelog.jpg/240px-Yulelog.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="839" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Yule log </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg/120px-White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg/180px-White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg/240px-White_elephant_gift_exchange.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>White elephant gift exchange </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG/120px-HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG/180px-HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG/240px-HK_TST_night_Harbour_City_front_entrance_indoor_stairs_interior_Xmas_trees_Nov-2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Decorated evergreen trees </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg/120px-Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg/180px-Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg/240px-Lighted_Santa_Reindeer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2413" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Magical reindeer </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg/120px-Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg/180px-Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg/240px-Kongens_Bryghus_christmas_beer_1896.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Christmas <a href="/wiki/Beer" title="Beer">beer</a> from 1896 </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg/93px-Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg/140px-Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg/187px-Blow_up_Santa_claus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="482" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Plastic Santa </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:42.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg/120px-13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="65" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg/180px-13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg/240px-13-12-16_Christmas_house_decoration.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4082" data-file-height="2216" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Christmas lights </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG/120px-Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG/180px-Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG/240px-Christmas_wreath_Corks.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Christmas wreath </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:30px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_tank_(3157247376).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Christmas_tank_%283157247376%29.jpg/120px-Christmas_tank_%283157247376%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Christmas_tank_%283157247376%29.jpg/180px-Christmas_tank_%283157247376%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Christmas_tank_%283157247376%29.jpg/240px-Christmas_tank_%283157247376%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Christmas tank </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:27px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Fruitcake.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Fruitcake.jpg/120px-Fruitcake.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Fruitcake.jpg/180px-Fruitcake.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Fruitcake.jpg/240px-Fruitcake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2863" data-file-height="2290" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Fruitcake, a crime against humanity </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/3/33/Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg/90px-Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" srcset="/w/images/thumb/3/33/Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg/135px-Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/3/33/Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg/180px-Santacon_photo_-_Tompkins_Square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="2160" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Anti-alcoholic Santa poster </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:35px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon,_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon%2C_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg/120px-St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon%2C_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon%2C_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg/180px-St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon%2C_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon%2C_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg/240px-St_Albans_Mummers_production_of_St_George_and_the_Dragon%2C_Boxing_Day_2015-6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5522" data-file-height="3681" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Mummers on Boxing Day </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:38px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg/120px-Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg/180px-Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg/240px-Christmas_tree_farm_fire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="730" data-file-height="451" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Christmas tree farm fire </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Eggnog2.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eggnog2.jpg/80px-Eggnog2.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eggnog2.jpg/120px-Eggnog2.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Eggnog2.jpg/160px-Eggnog2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="1000" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Weaponized eggnog </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:31.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/7/7a/Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg/120px-Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="87" srcset="/w/images/thumb/7/7a/Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg/180px-Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/7/7a/Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg/240px-Angry_birds_with_matches.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="506" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Torches without pitchforks </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail,_%22Hands_up!%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_(cropped).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail%2C_%22Hands_up%21%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail%2C_%22Hands_up%21%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail%2C_%22Hands_up%21%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_%28cropped%29.jpg/166px-Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail%2C_%22Hands_up%21%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail%2C_%22Hands_up%21%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_%28cropped%29.jpg/221px-Santa_Claus_pointing_gun_at_the_viewer_detail%2C_%22Hands_up%21%22_-_Will_Crawford._LCCN2011649408_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="586" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>"Hands up!" by Will Crawford (<i>Puck</i> magazine, 1912 December 11) </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"><div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg/79px-Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg/119px-Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg/159px-Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2898" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p><i>Santa Claus Conquers the Martians</i> — Z-grade extraterrestrial Christmas war </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Actual_wars_on_Christmas">Actual wars on Christmas</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Actual wars on Christmas">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze,_MMA-NYC,_1851.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg/250px-Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="143" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg/375px-Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg/500px-Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze%2C_MMA-NYC%2C_1851.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4313" data-file-height="2473" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware_by_Emanuel_Leutze,_MMA-NYC,_1851.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Fighting for our right to war on Christmas</div></div></div> <p>In a twist that breaks an <a href="/wiki/Irony_meter" class="mw-redirect" title="Irony meter">irony meter</a> or two, in many of the times that a war has actually been declared on Christmas, it was <i>Christians</i> who were the ones warring against it. </p> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> government of <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> banned Christmas celebrations. This led to pro-Christmas rioting in several cities, in which rioters defied Cromwell by decking the halls with boughs of holly.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[31]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, with its strong <a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a> tradition, also ignored or minimised Christmas. Although it was popular before the 1560 <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a>, the celebration was banned by law in 1640 (e.g. fishermen in Aberdeen were forced to set out on their boats on Christmas Day).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[32]</a></sup> This was partly repealed in 1686, and then the ban introduced again in 1690 (when the Protestant King William came to the throne) until 1712. New Year (which has no religious significance) was the big winter holiday, while the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> didn't regard Christmas as important; it wasn't even made a day off work until 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[33]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[34]</a></sup> This position is still maintained the small ultra-Calvinist <a href="/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland" title="Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland">Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">[35]</a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, Christmas was completely banned for 22 years, from 1659 until 1681, only being legalized again when King James II appointed an <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> governor to the colony who could rule by decree. Christmas did not become popular there until the 1850s.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[36]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>'s famous crossing of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> took place on the night of December 25, 1776, with the hope of catching the Hessian soldiers garrisoned in Trenton, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> off guard in the morning as they were still in bed nursing <a href="/wiki/Hangover" class="mw-redirect" title="Hangover">hangovers</a>. The Continental forces presumably weren't celebrating Christmas as they were busy loading boats. After the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">Revolutionary War</a>, celebrating Christmas fell out of style in America as "too <a href="/wiki/British" class="mw-redirect" title="British">British</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[37]</a></sup></li> <li>Observation of Christmas in the British Isles was in decline during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Christmas had fallen under a cloud of official public disfavor as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, along with most other festivals that had the potential to encourage public gatherings of the lower classes for alcohol-fueled revelry. The factory owning classes found this threatening. It took Charles Dickens's <i>A Christmas Carol</i> to revive the holiday, which, as the story suggests, was being increasingly neglected by the <a href="/wiki/Capitalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Capitalist">capitalist</a> class. And it did so by promoting a new style of family-centered observance as opposed to mass public gatherings.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[38]</a></sup></li> <li>Even today, certain <a href="/wiki/Fundamentalist_Christianity" title="Fundamentalist Christianity">fundamentalist Christians</a> regard Christmas (<a href="/wiki/Stopped_clock" title="Stopped clock">not entirely inaccurately</a>) as an unbiblical holiday of <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a> (and/or <a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">papist</a>) origin. The <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herbert_W._Armstrong" title="Herbert W. Armstrong">Herbert W. Armstrong</a> are well-known for this. For similar reasons, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Chick" title="Jack Chick">Jack Chick</a> states that Christians are not supposed to celebrate Christ's birth in at least one of his comic book tracts, and argues that teaching children about <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> will lead to them rejecting Christ once they realize Santa is a <a href="/wiki/Fairy_tale" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairy tale">fairy tale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[39]</a></sup> Other fundamentalist types, such as the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Baptist" title="Independent Baptist">Independent Baptists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostals</a>, tend to de-emphasize the celebration of Christmas relative to mainline <a href="/wiki/Church" title="Church">churches</a> even when they don't reject it outright. Some Christian fundamentalists have also been known to picket Santa Claus in malls (or even to point out that Santa is an anagram of <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>), refer to Christmas trees as "<a href="/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a> bushes", and the like.</li> <li>In November 2018, a religious education teacher in Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK, declared that their school was banning Christmas because the holiday was too commercialised and not sufficiently focused on Jesus. The ban was later reversed, but may have been a stunt to get the kids to think more deeply about baby Jesus in the manger. In any case, it was another instance of Christians (temporarily) banning Christmas.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">[40]</a></sup></li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, Christmas was abolished as a religious holiday and replaced with New Year, which is still much more popular than Christmas in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (and much of the rest of the former USSR) to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">[41]</a></sup></li> <li>The historic town of Bethlehem in the West Bank of <a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestine</a>, where Christians celebrate Jesus' birth, cancelled Christmas in 2023 and 2024 due to the ongoing war in Gaza between <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">[42]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Actual_peace_on_Christmas">Actual peace on Christmas</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Actual peace on Christmas">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Wn21-33.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Wn21-33.jpg/250px-Wn21-33.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="162" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Wn21-33.jpg/375px-Wn21-33.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Wn21-33.jpg/500px-Wn21-33.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="779" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Wn21-33.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Artist's depiction of the 1914 Christmas Truce</div></div></div> <p>The Christmas Truce of 1914 was a relatively widespread phenomenon that occurred in the trenches of <a href="/wiki/World_War_One" class="mw-redirect" title="World War One">World War One</a>. However, the high commands of all sides involved quickly quashed this display of brotherly love, adding another brief page to the War on Christmas. </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a> declared the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> over in 1971 with their song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[43]</a></sup> Unfortunately, the war lasted until 1975. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Easter:_The_next_battlefield">Easter: The next battlefield</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Easter: The next battlefield">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> <a href="/wiki/Pandemic" title="Pandemic">pandemic</a> and many statewide social-distancing orders against public gatherings, some churches have resisted having internet church services in favor of in-person services, declaring a "war on <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-claiborne_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-claiborne-62">[44]</a></sup> Reverend Rodney Howard-Browne of <a href="/wiki/Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida">Florida</a> was arrested for unlawful assembly;<sup id="cite_ref-claiborne_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-claiborne-62">[44]</a></sup> his previous claim to fame was giving away AR-15s at his church and encouraging congregants to bring their guns to church.<sup id="cite_ref-claiborne_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-claiborne-62">[44]</a></sup> Pastor Tony Spell of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> was also charged with misdemeanors for holding an in-person church gathering.<sup id="cite_ref-claiborne_62-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-claiborne-62">[44]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span id="War_on_Thanksgiving?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="War_on_Thanksgiving.3F">War on Thanksgiving?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: War on Thanksgiving?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In 2019 and 2020, some figures on the right, including then-President Trump, claimed that <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> was being targeted by liberals for banishment and/or renaming due to its alleged associations with white <a href="/wiki/Colonialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonialism">colonialism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Native_American_genocides" title="Native American genocides">genocide of Native Americans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stewart_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stewart-63">[45]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-field_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-field-64">[46]</a></sup> This despite Thanksgiving being a celebration of the first colonists and the Native Americans being amicable neighbors. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_countries">Other countries</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other countries">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Just like in the US, right-wingers in Germany are enraged by an alleged culture war before each Christmas, complaining about the renaming of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_market" class="extiw" title="wp:Christmas market" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Christmas market">Christmas Markets</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> to Winter Markets or Santa Claus chocolate figures to Zipfelmann ("Pointed Hat Guy"). Needless to say, the complaints are as baseless as those of their US counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-Focus_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Focus-65">[47]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WAZ_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAZ-66">[48]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_From_Religion_Foundation" title="Freedom From Religion Foundation">Freedom From Religion Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_panic" title="Moral panic">Moral panic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_correctness" title="Conservative correctness">Conservative correctness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_Science" title="War on Science">War on Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cameron" title="Kirk Cameron">Kirk Cameron</a>, specifically his awful film <i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Christmas" title="Saving Christmas">Saving Christmas</a></i>, which did very well at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_Golden_Raspberry_Awards" class="extiw" title="wp:35th Golden Raspberry Awards" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: 35th Golden Raspberry Awards">2014 Razzie Awards</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waronxmas.info">War on Christmas Official Dispatches</a> Aggregated headlines and satirical rebuttals</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aclu.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000688">Wingnuts vs. ACLU debate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Faux News</a> has an <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/12/12/war-christmas">interactive map</a> showing the "battles" in the WoC.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2013/12/16/christmas-controversy-religion/">Controversy over public religious Christmas displays in America is fueled by differing beliefs regarding Christmas and American history</a>, London School of Economics</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/12/23/the-war-on-christmas-or-how-to-build-mass-support-for-right-wing-ideology/">"The War on Christmas, or How to Build Mass Support for Right Wing Ideology"</a> An article that traces the intellectual roots of the war on Christmas in the conservative movement.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZo4x0NbbI">"The War on Christmas: A Measured Response"</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hbomberguy" title="Hbomberguy">Hbomberguy</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">When, in fact, most secularists really don't mind "Merry Christmas"; as a general rule, it's mostly just a few butthurt egotists who complain every year.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Which is highly amusing, since the "X" in "Xmas" is not a placeholder to "cross out" <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>, but the <a href="/wiki/Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek">Greek</a> letter <i>chi</i> (χ), which is the first letter of "Christ" in Greek; it's an abbreviation invented <i>by Christians</i> and used for centuries.<sup>[<a href="/wiki/Help:References" title="Help:References"><i>citation needed</i></a>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">For example, President-elect Donald Trump <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/09/politics/donald-trump-starbucks-boycott-christmas/">suggested</a> boycotting Starbucks over their private decision to change the style of their Christmas cups (so much for <a href="/wiki/Small_government" title="Small government">small government</a>!). Hey, there's even been <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85e7GZrxKso">a song written</a> about Trump's love for Christmas.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">A holiday celebrated by Buster and his mom on <i>Arthur</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Celebrated on 16 December by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schroeder_(Peanuts)" class="extiw" title="wp:Schroeder (Peanuts)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Schroeder (Peanuts)">Schroeder</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> in the <i>Peanuts</i> comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" class="extiw" title="wp:Ludwig van Beethoven" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptized</a> on 17 December 1770 but his true date of birth is unknown.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">A holiday celebrated by the insect society of Ballybug in <i>Lu & the Bally Bunch</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">From the episode, "The Night Before Cave Christmas" in the <i>Super Mario World</i> animated series. It's celebrated in the middle of August, however.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>'s Constitution Day is celebrated on December 25. This is because the first president of Taiwan, <a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a>, was Christian and wanted an excuse to make Christmas a public holiday in a predominantly <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a>/<a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoist</a> society.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Brought up in one line from the <i>Doctor Who</i> episode "A Christmas Carol".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eid al-Adha has coincided with Christmas in the past and will do again in the future. Since Islamic holidays are on a lunar calendar, however, its date progresses backwards through the Gregorian calendar. In 2025, it will start on the evening of June 6 and end on the evening of June 10. In 2026, it will start on the evening of May 26 and end on the evening of May 30. In some locations, the date depends on the sighting of the new moon with the naked eye.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Celebrated in an animated adaptation of <i>Watership Down</i>, and not in the original book.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Due to the Hebrew calendar being luni-solar, the date "wanders" through the month of December and sometimes November.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Celebrated in an episode of <i>Donkey Kong Country</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">What Nickelodeon called Christmas in 2002 to get around this whole shitstorm.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This is <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a> retailer-speak for the period ending closing time on 24 December, starting at an indeterminate point in time which seems to be getting earlier with each successive year. You can identify when a store is in "PGP layout" by referring to the "Seasonal" aisle. PGP layout begins when the store's Seasonal section makes the first of two switches to Christmas paraphernalia — the second switch is a return to Christmas goods after <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a>. Until Bill Bailey popularised the term, it was considered <a href="/wiki/Jargon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jargon">jargon</a>, but is now proof positive of "Political correctness gone mad!!!!", with <a href="/wiki/Law_of_exclamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Law of exclamation">four exclamation marks and everything</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Islamic holy month of Ramadan has coincided with Christmastime in the past and will do again in the future. Like Eid al-Adha, however, its date progresses backwards through the Gregorian calendar. It will last from the evening of February 28 until the evening of March 29 in 2025 and from the evening of February 17 until the evening of March 19 in 2026. In some locations, the date depends on the sighting of the new moon with the naked eye.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Celebrated by robo-penguins in an episode of <i>Cyberchase</i>. That's right, Baxter Day isn't the only holiday from a <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> show listed here.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-47">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">However, some people prefer to call it "<i>Esperanta Literatura Tago</i>" or Esperanto Literature Day.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=War_on_Christmas&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/en:The_Festival_(H._P._Lovecraft)" class="extiw" title="wikisource:en:The Festival (H. P. Lovecraft)" rel="nofollow">H. P. Lovecraft's "The Festival" on Wikisource</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/war-on-christmas-short-history-101222/">A Short History of the War on Christmas: How everyone from Bill O’Reilly to Jon Stewart became a co-conspirator in an annual farce.</a> by Daniel Denvir (December 16, 2013) <i>Politico</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.salon.com/2005/11/21/christmas_6/">How the secular humanist grinch didn't steal Christmas: The right-wing crusade against the liberal "war on Christmas" is great for rallying the troops. Too bad the war doesn't exist.</a> by Michelle Goldberg (November 21, 2005 5:11PM) <i>Salon</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131220044941/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/war-on-christmas-short-history-101222.html#.VFRs2ijqEUU">A Short History of the War on Christmas</a> by Daniel Denvir (December 16, 2013) <i>Politico</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/14/christmas-hanukkah-songs_n_6311324.html">Why Were So Many Beloved Christmas Songs Written By Jewish Musicians?</a> by Lauren Markoe (February 14, 2024 • 08:05 am ET Updated Dec 14, 2014) <i>Huffington Post</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/22910/have-yourself-a-jewish-little-christmas">A Jewish Christmas Soundtrack: The top 10 Christmas songs written by Jews, from 'Silver Bells' to 'Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow'</a> by Marc Tracy (December 24, 2012 • 07:00 am ET) <i>Tablet</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/9/2210657/-Christmas-Songs-Written-By-Jews-Subvert-Christmas-Says-Christian-Nationalist-Andrew-Torba">Popular Christmas Songs Written By Jews Subvert Christmas Says Christian Nationalist Andrew Torba</a> by Bill Berkowitz (December 9, 2023 • 10:25 am ET) <i>Daily Kos</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIbqcoBuUvI">Raef - The Muslim Christmas Song (Deck the Halls Cover)</a> Awakening Music (Dec 26, 2016) <i>YouTube</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/24/muslim-catholic-mary-jesus-islam-christianity">I grew up Muslim in a Catholic community – and Mary represented common ground</a> by Zeyneb Sayılgan (24 Dec 2024 07.00 EST) <i>The Guardian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2008/12/09/who-started-the-war-on-christmas.html">Who Started the War on Christmas?</a>, <i>The Daily Beast</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200511300006">Fox betrays Christmas crusade, sells "Holiday" ornaments for your "Holiday tree"</a>, Media Matters</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/december-christian-cultural-imperialism-wcz/">December and Christian Cultural Imperialism</a>, <i>The Good Men Project</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffrey M. Jones (December 24, 2010) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/145367/Christmas-Strongly-Religious-Half-Celebrate.aspx">"Christmas Strongly Religious for Half in U.S. Who Celebrate It"</a>. <i>Gallup</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Donald-Trump-Merry-Christmas-victory-tour-Michigan-10793091.php">Trump: 'We're going to start saying Merry Christmas again'</a> by Amy Graff (Updated 10:13 am, Tuesday, December 13, 2016) <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/12/25/when-trump-forbade-a-christmas-tree-and-other-forgotten-stories-from-the-war-on-christmas/">When Trump forbade a Christmas tree — and other forgotten stories from the ‘war on Christmas’</a> by Avi Selk (December 25, 2017 at 3:50 PM), <i>The Washington Post</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/dec/04/first-commercially-printed-christmas-card-up-for-sale">First commercially printed Christmas card up for sale: 177-year-old card believed to have gone on sale same year Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published</a> (Dec 2020 00.30 EST) <i>Associated Press</i> via <i>The Guardian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.charismanews.com/world/66545-schools-take-major-step-to-ban-any-all-references-to-jesus-including-christmas-cards">Schools Take Major Step to Ban Any, All References to Jesus—Including Christmas Cards</a>, <i>Charisma News</i>, 28 July 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_card" class="extiw" title="wp:Christmas card" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Christmas card">Christmas card</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-christmas-card-180957487/">The History of the Christmas Card</a>, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Man Who Invented Christmas</i>, Les Standiford</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/11/afa-expands-christmas-hit-list.html">AFA Expands "Christmas" Hit List (2009)</a>, Joe.My.God.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.disinfo.com/2011/11/pro-and-anti-christmas-retailers-list/">Disinformation website (disinfo.com) page on the AFA's 2011 list, with commentary.</a> (Notice whose online store tops the "for Christmas" list.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm3yYDmc4-M">Near the end of this YouTube video</a>, AFA spokesman <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Fischer" title="Bryan Fischer">Bryan Fischer</a> denies to <a href="/wiki/Thom_Hartmann" title="Thom Hartmann">Thom Hartmann</a> that corporations pay to get on the "for Christmas" list. (However, the best part of the video comes at the very end, when Hartmann calls Fischer a "<a href="/wiki/Blasphemy" title="Blasphemy">blasphemer</a>" for his right-wing take on the <a href="/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">Parable of the Talents</a>.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122714101083742715.html">"Wonder Land: Mad Max and the Meltdown"</a>, <i>WSJ</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/CampaignStandard/2007/12/hayes_a_merry_christmas_for_hu.asp">"A Merry Christmas for Huckabee"</a>, <i>The Weekly Standard</i>. Oh noes!!!</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/02/melania-trump-tapes-christmas-border/">Tapes reveal Melania Trump appearing to downplay child separation policy, bemoaning Christmas decorations</a> by Jaclyn Peiser (Oct. 2, 2020 at 3:45 a.m. PDT) <i>The Washington Post</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.agnostica.com/">Agnostica.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://teamfourstar.fandom.com/wiki/DragonBall_Z_Abridged_Special:_Plan_to_Eradicate_Christmas">DragonBall Z Abridged Special: Plan to Eradicate Christmas</a> Team Four Star Wiki</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://humanlight.njhn.org/wp/">Official HumanLight website</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/jer/10.html">Jeremiah 10</a> <a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:Annotated_Bible/Jeremiah#Jeremiah_10:2" title="RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah 10</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-49">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historytoday.com/chris-durston/lords-misrule-puritan-war-christmas-1642-60">Lords of Misrule: The Puritan War on Christmas 1642-60</a>, <i>History Today</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-50">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hastings, Max <i>Montrose: The King's Champion</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-51">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Scotland" class="extiw" title="wp:Christmas in Scotland" rel="nofollow">Christmas in Scotland</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-52">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/christmas-and-new-year-traditions-in-scotland-1-3226062">"Christmas and New Year traditions in Scotland"</a>, Scotsman, 24 December 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-53">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fpchurch.org.uk/about-us/how-we-worship/no-christian-festivals/should-christians-celebrate-christmas/">Should Christians celebrate Christmas?</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-54">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nissenbaum, Stephen (1996). <i>The Battle for Christmas</i>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-41223-9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-55">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrews, Peter (1975). <i>Christmas in Colonial and Early America</i>. USA: World Book Encyclopedia, Inc. ISBN 0-716-62001-4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-56">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hutton, Ronald (1996). <i>The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain</i>. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198-20570-8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-57">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1033/1033_01.asp"><i>Fairy Tales?</i></a> by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Chick" title="Jack Chick">Jack Chick</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-58">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46444498">Christmas cheer at Lady Lumley's School after ban lifted</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, 5 December 2018</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-59">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2002/12/25/santas-russia/b0c8dcf5-95f3-4b6b-bec1-252c34ad165d/">Santa's Russia</a>, <i>The Washington Post</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-60">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/25/no-room-for-the-people-of-gaza-the-persecution-mirrors-that-of-jesus-birth-says-popes-patriarch">‘Sorrow and silence’ in Bethlehem as Christmas festivities are cancelled: The streets are usually thronged with tourists and pilgrims but this year the town is mourning the dead of the Gaza war</a> by Bethan McKernan (25 Dec 2023 11.00 EST) <i>The Guardian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-61">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Xmas_(War_Is_Over)" class="extiw" title="wp:Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" rel="nofollow">Happy Xmas (War Is Over)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-claiborne-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-claiborne_62-0">44.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-claiborne_62-1">44.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-claiborne_62-2">44.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-claiborne_62-3">44.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://religionnews.com/2020/04/04/how-the-war-on-christmas-became-the-war-on-easter/">How the war on Christmas became the war on Easter</a> by Shane Claiborne (April 4, 2020) <i>Religion News</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-stewart-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-stewart_63-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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