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Nov 19 2009, Yoann

Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, and with it comes the idiotic fringe-media meme that’s come to be known as the “War On Christmas.”

Paced by the heavy breathing and pearl-clutching of such luminaries as Bill O’Reilly, the...

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