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And the Fox "news" so-called "war on Christmas" continued this Saturday evening on Mike Huckabee's show, with our good buddy HuckaJesus pulling every atheist straw man out of his posterior to pretend that Christians are somehow being oppressed by those evil, liberal heathens who are trying to take their holiday celebrations away from them. Call out the waaaambulance!

Heaven forbid a good Christian like Huckabee would ever come on the air and lie to their viewers, or try to drum up outrage over issues that should not be controversial, but sadly he's got a long history there and not just with Fox and their annual exercise in pretending that this ridiculous "war" on Christianity actually exists.

Last week he was out there carrying water for the NRA on the school shooting at Sandy Hook. Now, just in time for Christmas, we get treated to this nonsense.

HUCKABEE: Now, you know, there's been so much hostility to people celebrating Christmas this year, with lawsuits filed for songs, Christmas trees and nativity scenes by those who say, they're really offended by Christmas, I have to think that in some ways, this is a good thing.

No really. It's a good thing. Open hostility to faith is far better than indifference and people who are anything but indifferent to Christmas are what's around now. You know, when I hear the angry and hostile rantings of those who want any mention of Christmas, or the Christmas season to be eradicated from the public square, I don't hear the voices of people who think Christmas is meaningless and useless.

Because if they thought that, they'd merely be mildly amused that some of us spend so much energy in the acknowledgment, celebration and the meaning of this cherished day. But the reaction is not benign amusement, not even scorn. Most certainly not indifference.

It's angry, venomous and high volume rage. It's as if the opponents of Christmas are afraid the whole story might just be true. Because if they really thought it was a fairy tail and thought like it... the fairy tail they claimed to be, well, they not only would be unmoved by some of our wasting our time, energy and money over it, they'd actually be glad that we expended so much effort on something that was utterly meaningless.

But the degree of hostility toward the Christmas message is a sign of fear. I mean after all, you don't fear a stuffed bear in a museum, but you sure would fear an eight foot tall Grizzly Bear that you met in the woods that was growling just inches from your face.

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The host of Fox & Friends on Thursday decided to find out once and for all if the "War on Christmas" was real by asking a mythical figure who listens to the fantasies of children.

"I like to think that I'm a Santa for boys and girls of all ages," Santa Claus impersonator Sal Lizard told Fox News host Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson.

"What do you make of the political correctness part of our culture?" Carlson wondered. "Have you seen it change over time?"

"There was a time a few years back when suddenly I started showing up at Christmas parties and was told that they were having holiday parties, so therefore, they didn't need a Santa anymore," Lizard explained. "And that was the time that the Surgeon General said that Santa should lay off the cookies and start picking up more carrots and broccoli. And I heard that Santas in Australia had to say 'Ha, ha, ha!' so as not to offend certain gals. And that Santas in England weren't weren't allowed to have children on their laps anymore, so as not to create an image of impropriety."

A Media Matters analysis recently determined that culture warrior Bill O'Reilly, who is leading the charge on the "War on Christmas" for Fox News, had spent three times more airtime on the manufactured war as on actual wars for the second straight year. Between Dec. 1 and Dec. 18, O'Reilly spent over 55 minutes talking about the "War on Christmas," while spending only 15 minutes covering Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Gaza combined.

(h/t: Think Progress)

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Jon Stewart gave the wingnuts over at Fox a faux apology on his show this Wednesday evening for going after them not long ago for their ginned up "war on Christmas" which sadly we've come to expect as a yearly ritual from the network. What was responsible for Stewart's change of heart? Realizing just how mistreated they've all been by the real culprits out there destroying Christmas for all of them... those bullying atheists.

If only we could have a holiday season where all religions are treated equally instead of those Christians being treated so unfairly. Stewart proceeded to take his audience through his version of A Christmas Carol, where he dreamed about not being mocked for being Jewish at Christmas and what his childhood might have been like in a world where all religions actually are treated equally.

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Jon Stewart had a field day with Fox "news" and their phony "war on Christmas" which just keeps coming earlier and earlier, and getting more ridiculous by the year. Stewart mocked Fox & Friends Gretchen Carlson, who actually asked if they were "were nuts" for their feigned outrage, with a predictable answer from Stewart.

And he took on angry old Bill O'Reilly for his assertion that Christianity isn't really a religion, therefore Christmas displays are okay.

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A Catholic priest is counseling hosts of Fox & Friends to chill out and enjoy the holiday season instead of being "so angry about this war on Christmas" that their network has been hyping.

Fox News co-host Clayton Morris began a Sunday segment about the "war on Christmas" by announcing that "across the country, nativity displays [are] being nixed and Christmas trees being called holiday trees instead."

"I'm going to bet that Father Jon, our religion contributor, has some thoughts on this," co-host Alisyn Camerota said, setting Father Jonathan Morris up to blast atheists' supposed "war" on the Christian holiday.

"The reason I’m not angry is that -- yes I think it’s silly, it’s out of place for people to dedicate so much energy to try to get rid of Christmas scenes like this -- the good news is when Christianity has been persecuted, when it has been outlawed, when people have died for this faith, it hasn’t gone away," the conservative Catholic priest explained. "And everybody has an opportunity to make sure that their faith does not go away in this Christmas season and to live that faith as a family, as a community."

Morris added that fighting a "very small percentage of people who are working to try to get rid of these public expressions" was not worth "losing the peace."

"If our Christmas is going to be all about getting upset at people who are to trying do away our Christmas, isn’t that silly, too?" he asked the hosts.

"We needed you to shed some light on that four hours ago [before the show started]," co-host Dave Briggs admitted.

"You guys look so angry about this war on Christmas," Morris concluded. "I can tell."

"Thank you, father," Morris said as he transitioned into a segment about the recreational use of marijuana.

(h/t: Mediaite)

I just want to say kudos to TPM's video editor, Michael Lester, for having the stomach to sit through enough hours of Fox to put this video mash-up together. It seems they couldn't even make it until Thanksgiving this year to start fearmongering over the drummed up "war on Christmas" over there.

Fox News Brings You The Scariest Christmas Ever (VIDEO):

In the days before Thanksgiving, Fox filled its shows with dire, sometimes terrifying segments about all the threats surrounding the merriest season of the year. There’s the eradication of free speech by atheist “loons,” the possibility of choking on our food, the diseases spread on airplanes, and the endless depression that comes from Christmas commercials.

If we even make it to Christmas, that is. Fox’s morning man Bill Hemmer charted the possibility that the “apocalypse” would arrive on Dec. 22, and just how sad it will be when we all get wiped out, leaving all those unopened presents under the tree.

So, sit back and take in the best of Fox’s holiday doom and gloom. And as you endure the season, take a moment to think of all those over at Fox News, who clearly need a little cheering up.

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It's not even Thanksgiving but televangelist Pat Robertson is warning that the "War on Christmas" is back and this time the "miserable" atheists won't stop until no one can enjoy the holiday.

The 700 Club on Monday reported that the city of Santa Monica had decided to prohibit churches from setting up nativity displays in a public park because atheists also set up their own display with an anti-religion message.

"The Grinch is trying to steal our holiday," Robertson complained. "It's been so beautiful, the nation comes together, we sing Christmas carols, we give gifts to each other, we have lighted trees and it's just a beautiful thing."

He added: "Atheists don't like our happiness. They don't want you to be happy. They want you to be miserable. They're miserable so they want you to be miserable. So they want to steal your holiday away from you."

(h/t: Right Wing Watch)

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And the dust up continues between Stewart and O'Reilly.

Apparently in Bill-O's world, you can't watch Fox "News" for eight hours a day, as Jon Stewart claims he does and "still be a pinhead." I'd like to know how you can watch Fox for more than a few hours, or for that matter depending who is on there, for more than a few minutes. I couldn't take watching Glenn Beck when he was on for more than a couple of minutes and that was it. Channel was getting changed.

This reminds me of a story Al Franken told back when he was writing his book Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) and he talked about how the interns he was paying to help him with research for the book who were watching Fox and listening to right-wing hate talk radio were actually becoming physically ill from it. Just the thought of eight hours of Fox a day is making me a little nauseous right now.

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Somehow I have no doubt that Bill O'Reilly is going to hell for working for Fox. O'Reilly seems to think Comedy Central's Jon Stewart is going to hell for going after Fox for their ridiculous "war on Christmas."

I smell another highly edited interview with Stewart on O'Reilly's show coming after this latest dust up between the two.

From Mediaite -- Bill O’Reilly Answers Jon Stewart’s Declaration Of War On Fox News’ ‘War On Christmas’:

On Wednesday, Bill O’Reilly took a look at Daily Show host Jon Stewart‘s excitement over the “War On Christmas,” particularly with Fox News’ coverage of one community’s “tree lighting ceremony.” “If there has been a war,” a clip showed Stewart telling his viewers, “then Christmas is the aggressor nation.” [...]

“Now,” O’Reilly responded, “there is no question that Mr. Stewart is going to Hell. But he does have a couple of valid points.” He gave Stewart props for accurately acknowledging that the early settlers did, in fact, outlaw Christmas for a time, and he agreed that retailers can go overboard with their celebrations and decorating, taking the holiday to an exploitative extreme.

Here's the entire segment from The Daily Show that Bill-O decided to selectively edit during his segment on Fox. I'm not sure when Fox is finally going to get tired of beating this dead horse with the ridiculous "war on Chistmas" yet, but unfortunately it appears we're yet to get treated to this nonsense for some years to come as long as Fox is still on the air.

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Bill Maher took a shot at Republicans in his New Rules segment for showing us that they have absolutely no interest in governing and instead just trying to whip their base up into a frenzy fear mongering over the latest faux outrage of the day.

MAHER: New Rule – Fantasies are for sex, not public policy. When you go down the list of useless distractions that make up the Republican Party agenda; public unions and Sharia law, anchor babies and a mosque at ground zero, ACORN and National Public Radio, the war on Christmas, the New Black Panthers, Planned Parenthood, Michelle Obama’s war on desserts…

…you realize that one reason nothing gets done in America is that one of the political parties puts so much more into fantasy problems. Governing this country with Republicans is like rooming with a meth addict.

You want to address real life problems like when the rent is due and they’re saying “How can you even think of that stuff when there’s police scanner voices coming out of the air conditioning unit?”