This writer sums a lot of what I feel about the whole “happy holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas” debacle. And while they stop short of calling it a publicity stunt for Fox News, I won’t.
Of course, there always have been demagogues who pretend to be holy men; the Bible particularly warns Christians to be on guard against such charlatans.
The “War on Christmas” is one such deception. It’s O’Reilly and his friends, not an imaginary, faithless, liberal cabal, who are undermining Christmas. People of sense and goodwill, of all faiths and no faith, need to resist that disingenuity.
We can start by simply listening to those who believe differently than we do, and learning what this season means to them.