It’s one thing to object on principle to a national celebration around a religious holiday (Christmas). Or, conversely, to complain about how Christmas has become so secularlized.
It takes a special person to manage both — and an even more special person (as in “short bus” special) to assault Christmas and everything about it, not just from a personal not-my-cuppa perspective, but in a pseudo-intellectual save-the-world-from-everything-I-think-Christmas-represents kind of way, complete with attack billboards.
Attack billboards. Put up an anti-Ramadan billboard, and see how far you get. Or a billboard condemning Chinese New Year. Or even a billboard attacking Hannukah.
Anti-Christmas attack billboards. “Gluttony. Envy. Insincerity. Greed. Enjoy Your Christmas.” Yeesh.
At least we have a Lileks screed to save the day.
Mrs. Williams admits it can be tough to explain her socio-political point of view to the children of friends.
It’s tougher to be one of her friends, discover her explaining her socio-political point of view to your children, and fight the impulse to strike her in the head with a six-pound trout.
Ho ho ho.
I know what I’m thankful for this Christmas: that this grinchy troll didn’t bring other little grinchy trolls into the world!!
One can but hope.