(2016/12/23) The War on Christmas™ Dispatch 2016
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 23 December 2016
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #1067
Today we look back on the decade-long War on Christmas™ to understand how we got to now as well as the uphill battle we Christmas Warriors now have in the face of a Trump presidency
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Progressives War On Xmas and O'Reilly's Response - Young Turks Air Date: 2010
Ch. 3: Song 1: War On Christmas - The Enablers & Friends
Ch. 4: Act 2: The War on Christmas: Sam's Big Chance to Further the Cause - Majority Report - Air Date: 11-25-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: The Holidays Are Here (and We're Still at War) - Brett Dennen
Ch. 6: Act 3: Genesis of Bill O'Reilly's War On Christmas - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 12-6-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: War Medley: Onward Christian Soldiers / I'm On the Battlefield / Keep On the Firing Line - Sanders Family
Ch. 8: Act 4: Megyn Kelly: Don't Worry Kids, Jesus and Santa Are White!! - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-13-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: The War On the War On Christmas - Macarone
Ch. 10: Act 5: Sarah Palin 'War on Christmas' Book Flops - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 12-06-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: War On Christmas Is Over - Steve Goodie
Ch. 12: Act 6: Right Wing's Fake War on Christmas Started Nearly 100 Years Ago - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-19-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Christians and Pagans - Dar Williams
Ch. 14: Act 7: Christians Very Offended By Starbucks Holiday Cups - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 11-10-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: War on Christmas - Jamie Kilstein and the Agenda
Ch. 16: Act 8: War on Christmas Update: Congressional Resolution Phase - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 12-16-15
Ch. 17: Song 8: War On Christmas Day - Tim Di Pasqua & Tom Anderson
Ch. 19: Song 9: Tiny Tree Christmas - Guster
Ch. 20: Act 10: Right Wing leaders assume Republican gullibility w _Obama_s War on Christmas_ deception - @AllInWithChris Hayes - Air Date 12-8-16
Ch. 21: Song 10: White Wine in the Sun - Tim Minchin
Ch. 22: Act 11: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat - Colbert Report - Air Date: 2010
Ch. 23: Final comments on todays activism and preparing for next years war
Closing Music: There's No War On Christmas When Christmas Is In Your Heart - The Mockers
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| 0:08.0 | Please check out the Contributes tab at bestipaleff.com now looking to the award winning bestipaleff podcast with Cups today from the Young Turks the majority report the Jimmy |
| 0:17.6 | Door Show the David Pakman show all in with Chris Hayes and the Colbert rapport now today's episodes a little bit different |
| 0:24.0 | Our average episodes each year around this time and in the spirit of a holiday I like to take part in a fun annual tradition |
| 0:32.3 | I think a lot of people enjoy which is of course the war on Christmas and I got to be straight with you the war on Christmas |
| 0:38.0 | Been going on it's going really well. It's been going for a long time and we've had a bit of a setback this year |
| 0:45.2 | It's been a little overshadowed by other events and so this year I thought what I would do is try to rally the troops |
| 0:53.6 | And do a retrospective to see how we got to where we are as well as taking a look forward |
| 1:02.1 | So there is definitely new content in this episode addressing the state of the war on Christmas at this moment |
| 1:10.2 | But before we get to that I want to go back and see where we've been see all the progress we've made |
| 1:17.3 | The supporters of Christmas have been on the defense for a long time going going back at least a decade or more |
| 1:22.2 | So this first clip from the young Turks is only from back in 2010 |
| 1:26.4 | But back in 2010 they were making clips of how the war was going so far up to that point |
| 1:33.8 | So that's where we'll start and we'll move on from there |
| 1:40.0 | So Fox News of course is legendary war on Christmas that they have |
| 1:46.8 | alleged is happening throughout the country |
| 1:49.1 | In fact, I actually went back and checked out one of their first clips in 2006 about it |
| 1:53.1 | And O'Reilly was largely joking and he kept saying am I being dumb about this and his guests were basically saying yeah |
| 1:59.1 | Even Michelle Malcolm wasn't really playing along |
| 2:01.2 | But what's interesting is since then in the four years afterwards |
| 2:05.6 | They've gotten serious about it. They must have gotten good audience reaction from it being the actors that they are |
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