Christmas Warrior O'Reilly Doesn't Practice What He Preaches

Last week, I noted how Fox's Bill O'Reilly, as per usual, was kicking his annual "War On Christmas" into high gear. Each year, O'Reilly inveighs against people, especially retailers, who refuse to offer him the proper "Merry Christmas" greeting -- opting instead for the ecumenical "Happy Holidays." This is clearly threatening the fabric of our great republic! But, if you remember, we warned that parent company News Corp. was a frequent antagonist in O'Reilly's personal yuletide psychodrama, consistently using the "Happy Holidays" solicitation.

Well, O'Reilly's "War On Christmas" aggression is about to be turned inward, as soon as he discovers that he avoids using "Merry Christmas" himself! The folks over at NewsHounds capture this image from O'Reilly's own site:

OH NOES! A "Holiday Reading List?" What's with all the secular humanisting? And really, what on earth is this mention of "the winter season?" Could it be that O'Reilly is secretly worshiping Wiccan moon gods at Solstice time?

Comments

[dryrock]

This is just a scheduled feature on his yearly calendar. I'm not christian, and I'm not offended if someone wishes me Merry Christmas, or intones Next Year in Jerusalem (I'm not jewish, either). I am put off when I don't wish to participate and get replies and/or stares that say 'yer just a bad sport'. Well, to me faith is not about being a 'sport': No hard feelings, Sparky, but I'm not on your team, just leave me alone and I'll leave you alone.

[RationalDubSteppa]

This is old news, everyone knows that billo-the-clown is a m0ron and a hypocrite. Let's move on to more pressing subjects, I mean christ the man has an intellect the size of a cockroach.

[tedmore123]

Billo is a goon. He needs to be taken off the air waves and, with bowling balls superglued to his
hands, hung upside down by his genitalia until he promises to drop this bleeding waste of everyone's time.

[Dyellin]

There is no war. Its just having respect for people who may not celebrate Christmas.... YOU PIN HEAD

[Pierpier]

Using the "Fleur de Lile", a french national symbol, by O'Reilly, the man who called a boycott on France is great !!!!!

[Pierpier]

Fleur de Lis - sorry

[Pierpier]

using the "Fleur de Lile", french national (royalist) symbol, by the man who called to boycott France is great !!!!!

[RobinSeattle]

Anybody ever notice that O'Reilly has failed to note that you never see any Hannukkah decorations ever in American towns and cities during the winter? Yes folks, and I am not making this up, there is a WAR ON HANNUKKAH! And O'Reilly is part of it! Why won't the drive by winger media ever talk about that? Because it is part of a campaign by Republicans to exterminate Judaism out of American public life. Fight this radical agenda now! Call Fox News and protest!

[Kambriel2]

Uh, I see them in my neighborhood...and have sold them, too.

[PatForObama]

O'Reilly is a performer, not a journalist. He knows his audience: nominally Christian soundbite folks who don't want to think for themselves. Jews do not fall into this category, and certainly not into his core audience. He doesn't do Kwanza decorations for the same reason: no takers. That being said, a War on Hannukkah protest against Fox could be amusing!

[CVN65]

That is partly because Kwanzaa isn't a real holiday. It was made up in the late 60's by a black radical. Most blacks are Christians and do celebrate Christmas already-why would they need a separate holiday? Or is Christmas a "white" thing, like education and the use of proper English?

[rayroc2020]

why do people even listen to billo the clown,this is the guy that sexually violated a women. he is garbage

[Steven Weber - Huffpost Blogger]

"The War on Christmas" is just an annual scam trotted out in order to make somebody somewhere (John Gibson, mayhaps?) some money. Every X-MAS---hah!---it's the same shite. It's like those food fairs that set up in the spring and summer along 6th avenue in Manhattan, with identical kabob stands and shaved ice stalls, all purporting to be unique and ethnic and all calculated to attract the low-information crowd we became so closely acquainted with from watching the McCain-Palin rallies. Wow. I just went off on a tangent and insulted an entire demographic for no damn reason. Christmas is dead!

[jamie461]

What is it about wingnuts that they always have to be at war over something? I'm a Christian, and I've never felt that there is a "war" on Christmas. I do think we probably have gone too far to the side of political correctness, however. I have many friends and acquaintances who are Jewish, and they are neither insulted nor upset by anyone saying "Merry Christmas." It's just all very silly.

[luke150]

Organized religion is ultimately very divisive. You need enemies to survive, history is literally saturated with examples. When everything you do is based on a dogma, then everything else is not right in a way. So this is my problem with organized religion, not with faith per se.

[PatForObama]

Succinctly said.

[ESerafina42]

How do you know they aren't upset or insulted? I just smile and grit my teeth because I'm too polite to object, and I know it's well meant. Why can't Christians do the same thing when someone says "Happy Holidays"? I'm not even sure why they should need the gritting the teeth part - at least they're not being wished a Happy Hanukkah.

[CVN65]

Because we don't celebrate "The Holidays"; we celebrate the birth of Christ. We have tolerated, for a very long time, the commercialization and secularization of one of our most holy holidays but are done with that. Celebrate whatever you want to but I am calling it by the rightful name, Christmas. Don't like it? I don't care.

[bootman69]

Bill who?

[cheesypoofs]

Bill "the world's biggest hypocrite" O'Reilly.....that's who.

[bootman69]

you know, he feeds on getting peoples knickers in a stitch. don't waste your energy. that's exactly what he wants.

[DotMatrix]

Bill O Reilly: The man I love to hate!

[pillgirl]

why does bill oreilly have an annual war on christmas anyway? what's he got against christmas
'

[pons1595]

Jesus Christ was born sometime in the early AM on April 23, not on December 25. The custom of celebrating the birth of Christ on December 25 first occurred in the 4th century. This was a clever move on the part of Church fathers, who wished to have it forgotten that the December 25 festivities were of a rival pagan religion. The celebration of Christmas became a permanent fixture in the Western world in the year 337 under the rule of the Roman emperor Constantine. Christians, therefore, hijacked a pagan festival and tried to turn it into their own. It was originally a celebration of the return of the sun god on earth. The ancient Romans, for example, exchanged gifts at Saturnalia. So Santa Claus is a Roman god and an ancient relative of Bill O.

[Shelly1970]

Well, at least it says "holiday" singular rather than "reading list for the holidays". Christmas _is_ a holiday.

[MajorKong]

I always like when they say "Merry Christmas" with that little sneer - like Clint Eastwood staring down a gun barrel. "I dare you not to say Merry Christmas back - punk!".

[CVN65]

Kong-that little sneer is actually a smile. I know libs are always so angry that they do not do this often. Try to take that frown and turn it upside down! You'll feel better. BTW-we're not trying to prove a point, just finally waking up to the little game the secularists have been playing for years. We're just done trying to be PC.

[BonnieBeeMee]

Such a compassionate reply. Really compels me to wish I had the same values as you. WWJD? Use your juvenile retorts for your pediatric patients, and try adding something informative to the discourse, rather than smug, snarky grunts.

[DingoDave]

Come on Bill, put your money where your mouth is.
How about donating your 'Christmas bonus' money to charity?
After all, it would be the 'Christian' thing to do.