Jews and Muslims wage war on Christmas

The fight I'm about to chronicle is a deeply personal one, and its winners and losers are yet to be determined. The combatants include my wife, my brother, my sister-in-law and me: two Muslims, two Jews and a Babylon-sized grudge against carols, Christmas trees and fruit cakes.

Behind our cries of "happy holidays!" hides an unyielding urge to expand Hanukah by an additional five days. Or perhaps even match Ramadan's month to form a combined mega-holiday that would massively eclipse Christmas's measly twelve days.

My brother and his Turkish wife are zealously fighting the Southern front of this war in West Palm Beach, Florida, over one-thousand miles away. Last December, they unloaded a fusillade on Christmas in the form of cards that featured a portrait with red, green and holiday spirit.

And they unleashed this merciless attack on G-d fearing Jews, Muslims and Christians alike. Our war on Christmas is religion-blind. The following is my kid's cunning aunt and uncle plotting this year's broadside on Christmas from their home base in Turkey.

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The cards they sent last year had a highly-professional quality, revealing diabolical forethought that inspired my wife to fire her own interfaith salvos this year, loaded with Christmassy family photo and tree.

My wife, son and I are attacking Christmas on the war's Northern front, but we have help from some unlikely allies--my wife's Christian aunt and grandmother. Every year, we brave the Kandaharesque cold to assemble in the DC or Philly suburbs, where we conspire to exchange gifts, stuff our faces and enjoy the company of loved ones.

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If you are protective over the Christmas holiday but made it this far, I commend you. But now might be a good time to exit this diary lest you risk becoming irreparably offended.

The following is a picture of our dog, Mr. Muggles, mocking Christmas:

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Are you kidding Bill O? Aren't you afraid of the (2.00 / 2)

Master of Asinine Driver? Watch out for the Bill O's minions trying to  stake out your house. You'll be poster child on falalel laden sexual harasser Bill O's War on Christmas program!!!
 
by louisprandtl on Wed Dec 03, 2008 at 10:59:08 PM EST

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Wow, is it that time of year again?  We went straight from the Georgia run-off to the War on Xmas!! Where can I enlist?


by markjay on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 12:00:11 AM EST

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Ahh the culture wars. Much like the Cola wars of the '80s but more hype over substance.


www.payd.org Keeping PA Blue
by dannybauder on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 12:30:02 AM EST

Hey kids! (2.00 / 1)

Fun fact for Christmas!

Did you know that if you imagesearch 'ann coulter fuck you' on google, about half of the images are closeups of her adam's apple?


When you start out making the "slippery slope" argument, where do you draw the line?
by Jess81 on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 12:33:46 AM EST

A new front has opened up! (2.00 / 1)

But shouldn't it be "Happy Moroni Day" or something?


by JJE on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 02:35:28 AM EST

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The irony of the "war on christmas" is that christmas is really a pagan holiday and originaly had nothing to do with Christ. Most experts believe Jesus wasn't even born in December.


by venician on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 12:26:08 PM EST

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I'm sorry BS, but yer pooch would make a fine x-mas card.  You need to find a less cute way of mocking the fat guy.   Maybe dress up george w in a black hood, standing on a box and holding electrodes?  With a 'wish he were here' message?  My dear old dad may he rest in peace was once in the hospital over the drinkin' holiday and he got a card that said merry-x-ray and happy new rear. Ouch.  Shook the  mistletoe out of my ears.  


what a relief
by anna shane on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 01:34:38 PM EST

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Christmas as everyone now knows is an economic event. Cancel Christmas and you are for unemployment and against Walmart and Japanese brand HDTVs made in China. The world depends on Christmas to fight recession.

So let your family know that everyone needs Christmas regardless of religion.


by MainStreet on Fri Dec 05, 2008 at 09:15:42 AM EST


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