The Hysterical War on Christmas

Okay, I was wrong. There is a wacky war on Christmas and it's pretty nuts. The HuffPo headline read "The White House Super Christian Christmas Card. THe text went on to excoriate the White House for some kind of religious partisanship. Well, first of all Christmas is kind of Christian so having a Christmas card indicate something about being, well, Christian, seems appropriate. The addition of the word "Super," prepared me for an alter call and some born again testimony.

But the card failed to deliver the theological horror. It had a quotation from the Hebrew Bible (Nehemiah 9:6) and the following not very outrageous benediction: "May the joy of all creation fill your heart this blessed season 2007."

Yes, it failed to quote the Quran and the Gita and Buddha were missing. No equal time for earth-based religions. But also please note that this "Super Christian Christmas Card" also never mentioned Jesus or used the word, "Christ."

If there is a war on Christmas it is being fought with truly stunning ineptitude. And if the White House is promoting Christianity, it isn't doing much better. Folks. It's a nice card.