The Christmas War

'Tis the season for predictable media stories. On deck: the annual "War on Christmas" meme. But at least Salon staff writer Mary Elizabeth Williams does it intelligently:

Case in point: a star-emblazoned new billboard outside New Jersey's Lincoln Tunnel featuring three wise men en route to a manger, along with the message "You KNOW it's a myth. This season, celebrate REASON!"

Whether one unshakably believes in a perfectly swaddled little baby Jesus who arrives precisely on December 25 surrounded by cute donkeys and starstruck shepherds is hardly the point. It's that snotty, oh-just-face-it-you-idiots attitude, that utter certainty, that's just as belligerent coming from an atheist as it from an evangelical.

Amen to that. Read the entire piece here.