The War on Christmas

If you've been watching FOX News lately and listening to people like Bill O'Reilly, you know that there's a War on Christmas going on — that so-called secular, Grinchian plot being waged by liberals to lynch Santa, steal toys from young children, and ruin the holiday for everyone.

Naturally, the jokesters are weighing in:

Christmas With the Cranks (The Daily Show)
Activist Judge Cancels Christmas (The Onion)
Bill O'Reilly Chronicles the War on Christmas (Chortler)
Keith Olbermann Names O'Reilly Worst Person in the World (Countdown)
Politically Correct Christmas Cartoons (Pro Cartoonists Index)

Meanwhile, there's a different kind of war being waged inside the Bush White House, this one pitting first dogs Barney and Miss Beazley against each other. Check out the new "Barney Cam" video "A Very Beazley Christmas," which offers a revealing glimpse inside the Bush bubble — in this case a seriously surreal, highly cheesy, painfully unfunny bubble.

Late-Night Jokes
"Christmas and the New Year are actually two holidays. So there is a plural, which in the English language, necessitates the use of 's.' I suppose you could say 'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy New Year,' but you probably have sh*t to do." —Jon Stewart, on Bill O'Reilly's objection to "Happy Holidays"

"President Bush is being criticized by Christian groups because his holiday cards don't have the word 'Christmas' in them. In response, President Bush said, 'You try spelling it.'" —Conan O'Brien