What a strange and wonderful thing Christmas is. It's a veritable pastiche of traditions and myths all thrown together into a big pot and stirred together. Christians are fond of saying "Jesus is the reason for the season", but it usually seems like He's the excuse for the season - and the season is full of some very non-Christian things...

What began as Roman winter festivals and pagan Yule celebrations turned into Christmas when the ancient Catholic church decided to insinuate itself into the party. Attempts have been made to "Christianize" all of the traditions swirling around these holidays, although they are absurdly transparent. Balls on the tree represent God's light?... Giving gifts represents the gifts of the Magi?... please!

Don't tell this to Bill O'Reilly though. He already thinks there's a War on Christmas. This story is a few years old, but still funny: FOX News was selling Holiday Ornaments at the same time O'Reilly was complaining about stores (and people) saying "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas. Too funny...

But what could be more Christmasy than a Bill O'Reilly tree ornament, right? Well how about an NRA tree ornament?

Nothing says "Jesus" like a gun! (of course - nothing says "Jesus" like an orgy of consumer spending, so long as you say "Merry Christmas" while you're doing it instead of "Happy Holidays"). Who Would Jesus Shoot?

So to make sure YOUR Christmas is merry, here are my favorite Christmas videos:







Merry Fucking Christmas (obviously - language NOT work-safe...)

Finally - Porky Pig wants to tell you about his Blue Christmas.

Hope this makes your Christmas a little merrier... :peace: