It’d be funny to launch a war on the “War on Christmas” by proving that liberals are fully comfortable saying it. Who’s with me?

I said it before and I’ll say it again: as a non-practicing Roman Catholic who puts the ‘I’ in atheism, I’m just happy whenever a stranger doesn’t tell me to go f**k myself.

Just don't start playing Mariah Carey and we'll be fine

The way I see it, I’m as happy to wish a Christian “Merry Christmas” as I am happy to wish a Jewish person “Happy Hanukkah,” a Muslim “Happy Ramadan,” etc. etc.

The “War on Christmas” myth seems to be way of expressing anxiety about Christians losing their privilege as their stranglehold on the culture declines. Indeed, some overtly religious symbols have been excluded from public spaces pursuant to the Establishment Clause (Christians’ least favorite First Amendment provision). Yet supposedly non-religious Christmas symbols like wreathes and ribbons and Santas and elves and decorated Christmas trees remain. The fact these symbols explicitly associated with Christmas are nonetheless viewed as secular is a sign of how thoroughly Christmas permeates our society.

Indeed, American society orients itself around this one Christian holiday year after year for an entire month. There’s no other Holiday season quite as big. And that’s not going away any time soon. Put another way, Christians won the “War on Christmas” a long time ago. And they keep winning it again and again, no contest.

Easter too, pretty similar though on a smaller scale. While images of Jesus being crucified are not going to be allowed in any public square which follows the Establishment Clause, the Easter-associated supposedly secular symbols like painted eggs and chicks and bunny rabbits and such are permitted.

“Happy Holidays” is an expression of being committed to religious pluralism, not about trying to erase Christianity or any other religion from the map.

So, let’s bring good cheer and wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, whatever.

The proposed ban on “Happy Holidays” is tongue-in-cheek by the way. It will not be banned even if the expression still has the power to trigger some righties :)

Not sure about Crucifixes, but there are creche scenes and 10 Commandments in public spaces as approved in specific Supreme Court cases.