![]() The war on Christmas appeals nicely to all those who fear the decline of religion as a collective force, the arrival of newcomers and the inevitable march of social evolution. For others, the war is merely the latest iteration of conservative angst in a changing world. 22 George Monbiot, 'Driving into the Abyss', Guardian, 6 July 2004. So if there is no war on Christmas, why invent one? For the faithful, the notion that Christmas is under attack is a means of buttressing belief against a world that is increasingly indifferent to the mystical. 10 Andrew Garnar, 'Portable Civilizations and Urban Assault Vehicles', Techn 5: 2. Hardly proof that the holiday is embattled. Christmas is used in every imaginable form of marketing for the simple reason that it works. Radio stations start climbing over each other to play holiday tunes the morning after Halloween, Santa is ubiquitous and most of us spent the last week binge eating or pepper spraying each other for cheap consumer products. But there’s no evidence for that, either. ![]() So it must be the secular ho-ho-holiday that is on the endangered list. ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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