Taki Taki

War against Christmas

Broadsides from the pirate captain of the Jet Set

issue 16 December 2006

New York

‘The United States is 85 per cent Christian, which means it is more Christian than India is Hindu and Israel is Jewish. Moreover, 96 per cent of Americans celebrate Christmas. So why do we have to tippy-toe around the religious meaning of Christmas every December?’ This by the Catholic League appeared as an advertisement in Big Bagel papers, as no major American newspaper would have allowed a hack to write such politically incorrect stuff. As the great Christian holiday is upon us, the multicultural gurus who trump our rights to celebrate the birth of Our Lord go into overdrive. There is something very sick about Friendship Trees and Winter Solstice Concerts. The political, bureaucratic and media élite, in fact, do not like religion in general and Christmas in particular. So what they do is yap about tolerance, diversity and freedom, but only as long as any Christian message is kept in the closet.

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