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title: "Christmas Under Siege"
date: 2005-11-10T00:49:29-05:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/11/10/christmas-under-siege/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides]
---

# Christmas Under Siege

<blockquote cite="http://q.queso.com/archives/001800">I mean, seriously, is the first weekend of November really time to start assaulting your customers with silver bells and dreams of white Christmases? Might this be a bit premature?</blockquote>
<small style="text-align:right; display:block">Source: <a href="http://q.queso.com/archives/001800">QDN: Stop with the seasonal assault!</a></small>

When the nutters start yelling about [a War on Christmas][war], maybe they're just not really understanding the situation.  I mean, the Christmas I really hate is the one manufactured by corporations.  That, and I just want to bludgeon every bell ringer.  Meanwhile, this season, I'll be enjoying time with friends and family around a handful of Yuletime trees like a good little pagan.

[war]: http://mediamatters.org/items/200510240015

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