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Now welcome to the award-winning Bestable Left Podcast with clips today from the young Turks,

the majority report of the David Pakman show, Chris Rock, Dan Savage, and the Jimmy

Doar show.

And now I know that the past couple of weeks of episodes have been pretty lighthearted,

so I just want you to brace yourself to hear what real suffering and oppression actually

feels like.

It's December, which means it's time for another edition of the War on Christmas.

Take it away, Bill.

Over the years we've taken on the role of protecting the federal holiday of Christmas.

As you know, there are some Americans who are offended by any reference to Jesus Christ.

And that's what the USA celebrates on December 25th, the birth of the baby Jesus.

Everything was swell up until about ten years ago when creeping secularism and pressure groups

like the ACLU began attacking the Christmas holiday.

They demanded, demanded.

The word Christmas be removed from advertising and public displays, and many people caved

into that.

So now we have the Happy Holidays Syndrome.

The most aggressive is the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which routinely threatens to

sue small towns and school districts if they dare utter the word Christmas or allow

choirs to sing carols in public schools.

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