December 7, 2020, 7:34 am
Christmas is nearly upon us, which means that Republicans are going full steam ahead on their yearly insistence that liberals are waging a war against the holiday.
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As part of his last-ditch attempt to stay relevant, Trump told Georgia rallygoers that the ever-mysterious “they” — which in this case, many have interpreted to mean Joe Biden’s incoming administration — will try to do away with the word “Christmas” altogether.
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“Let me begin by wishing you all a very merry Christmas. Remember the word?” he asked the crowd. “Remember we started five years ago and I said, ‘you’re going to be saying Christmas again,’ and we say it proudly again. Although they’ll be trying to take that word again out of the vocabulary. We’re not going to let them do that.”
While the Republican fearmongering that Democrats want to destroy Christmas certainly existed prior to Trump’s time in office, the MAGA president has really made a point to expand on it in the last four years.
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As Business Insider points out, Trump has even taken credit for restoring the American right to tell people “Merry Christmas,” a claim so absurd it’s hard to believe anyone would have taken it seriously.
Christmas has happened every year in recent memory in the United States, with every president (yes, even Barack Obama, who is a Christian) celebrating and nobody trying to take away the right to do so, or shout the word “Christmas” loudly from the rooftops. Some people do, however, acknowledge that other holidays important to other religions also take place during December.
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And despite what some Republicans would have us believe, acknowledging the existence of other groups is not the same as taking away rights from the majority.
Trump’s remarks about Christmas come right on the heels of the White House’s yearly Christmas decorations reveal, as supposedly crafted by Melania Trump. The First Lady is under increased scrutiny this holiday season due to a recording leaked back in October in which she asked “Who gives a f—k about Christmas stuff and decoration?”
“Who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff.”
The War on Christmas is coming from inside the house! https://t.co/UoVKAuPxmA
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Imani Gandy Cane
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As the president’s attempts to overturn the results of the election so he can stay in office despite winning neither the popular vote nor the necessary number of electoral college votes continue to fail in court, it seems we will find out the fate of Christmas — and the word “Christmas” — under a Biden administration at the end of 2021.
But considering no one has waged or threatened a war on Christmas and that would be a genuinely absurd thing to do, it feels like a safe bet to say we’ll be wishing each other a merry Christmas this time next year. Maybe even in person, if we play our COVID cards right.
*First Published: December 7, 2020, 7:34 am
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