When ’Merry Christmas’ Became a Political Battle: The Real War on Christmas

Jim dismantles the myth of a modern "war on Christmas," tracing its roots from 1950s nativists and Fox News panic back to Puritan bans, Roman Saturnalia, and 19th-century commercialization. He explains how authority, politics, and cultural control reshaped the holiday into the domestic, corporate version conservatives now defend—and how legal rulings have diluted religious meaning in public displays.