Opinion: Merry atheist Christmas!
(CNN) -- I wrote a book called "Every Day is an Atheist Holiday." Recently I got up at the non-Vegas magical hour of 6 a.m. to do radio interviews all over the country to let people know about it. I did some interviews with atheist and skeptic podcasts, but the 6 a.m. talks were usually morning radio. And morning radio has a lot of theists. My book had just come out that day so even jocks who wanted to read it hadn't had the time to do more than skim. Many of the DJs saw the words "holiday" and "atheist" and asked me how I felt about "The War on Christmas." Fox News is usually credited with spreading the panic about this war on Christmas. Bill O'Reilly talks about atheists and left-wing loons ruining Christmas for children. Fox's Bill O'Reilly warns of a war on Christmas.
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Bill O'Reilly
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| -0.0779682 | Bill is also ticked off by businesses urging their employees to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." |
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Penn Jillette desciribes how The Monkees might offer strategy in the war on Christmas. But for a war, it's pretty harmless.
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