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Philip Bump writes for the Washington Post:
Jesse Watters layered on a bunch of other insider culture-war references, like the guy doing the stand-up routine at a major corporation’s holiday party. Then the dastardly demonstrations of anti-Christmas hate: a business owner who decided Christmas Eve shouldn’t be a holiday and a public official who asked that holiday decorations be non-religious. The latter story had previously been featured on “Libs of TikTok,” so that official can probably expect some hate mail, too.
“The war on Christmas comes earlier and earlier every year,” Watters offered — “probably because of climate change.” (If you are wondering: No, this doesn’t make sense.) As it turns out, though, that the “war on Christmas” doesn’t come earlier and earlier. In fact, in recent years, the “war” — mostly driven by Fox News — has barely come at all. Search interest in “war on Christmas” as a phrase has been down of late. The high point was 2013, in the heart of the administration of Barack Obama.
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Fox already convinced Christian Republicans they were under threat, but they’re still beating one of their favorite dead horses.
🗞️ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗!https://t.co/IWvOuk9l8z— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 14, 2023
Why the “war on Christmas” is a Fox News staple. https://t.co/IWvOuk9l8z pic.twitter.com/1i7ITEDsRD
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 15, 2023