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this War On Christmas isn't being fought against Christmas; it's being fought by anyone who dares not to celebrate the damned holiday. No one is being prevented from celebrating Christmas, but that's not what nuts like Bill O'Reilly are up in arms about - it's that city governments, schools, and retail chains like Target aren't celebrating Christmas, or aren't doing so vocally or visibly enough.
These far-right Christian wackos (and that's not a knock on Christians in general, just the crazy ones) see it as a tremendous threat that any public space should exist that doesn't shove their beliefs down people's throats. Never mind that Christmas, the way America celebrates is, has about as much to do with Christ's birth as rabbit-delivered chocolate eggs do with his death.
