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So, they're still pretending to fight the pretend war on Christmas, Bill O'Reilly.

Let's listen to him. He's going to talk about the genesis of his fight to protect Christmas from the people who are at war with it.

Ready here to say it?

Hi, Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The war on Christmas centralizes.

That is the subject of this evening's Talking Points memo. Well, 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.

President Grants, the baby Jesus, as opposed to the birth of the middle-aged Jesus.

That would hurt.

The baby Jesus. Find the holiday into law after Congress passed legislation in 1870, acknowledging the country's Judeo-Christian tradition.

Yes. Which involves slavery, by the way.

Which involves slavery, the Judeo-Christian tradition. And by the way, so it wasn't, of Christmas, wasn't an official holiday to America until barely over a hundred years ago.

Wasn't even an official holiday. So that's kind of interesting, right? Do you think about it?

I thought Jesus was born in America.

If you look back, the warmen slip.

The 1800s, in the early part of the 1800s, people were much less depressed during the summer.

Because it wasn't the holidays, sure.

Let's listen.

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