If you want a thorough understanding of how the fictional “War on Christmas” became such a staple of conservative media, look no further than this thread by Freedom From Religion Foundation attorney Andrew Seidel. The 40-tweet story discusses where the phrase came from, how the right wing exaggerated the truth, and what’s really going on:
I love this line: “If there is any war on Christmas, it is this slow bleed of the sacred into the secular. And it is most welcome.”
