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mr blur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 12:55 PM
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Is it too early to start the War On Christmas?
Just askin' - christmas crap in the shops already...
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 01:30 PM
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1. Silly unbeliever
Doncha know the War On Christmas is year-round?
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cosmik debris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 01:42 PM
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2. It is now The Global War On Christmas
We cannot rest as long as the threat of tinsel hangs over our heads.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 01:46 PM
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3. Well hey seeing as we want to destroy the 4th of July as well
why not...:puke:
(I can't recall the name of that dumbass anti-Michael Moore movie but it looked stupid and humorless like most RW attempts at "humor".)
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:21 PM
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4. Why do we always skip the war on Halloween
Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 02:21 PM by YankeyMCC
I mean already we're talking about a war on xmas and we haven't even started preparations for the war on Halloween. Geez! :eyes:
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 05:22 PM
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8. Halloween is OUR holiday
you know, satan's day.
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 05:42 PM
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11. Oh well there's all those Pagan spirits too
I thought it was a general aggression against all supernatural beings and celebrations of them. Oh well :)

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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 06:09 PM
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12. that's true
it's a trade-off :shrug:
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:22 PM
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5. The War on Christmas starts earlier every year!
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 05:00 PM
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6. This'll get us in the spirit!
Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 05:05 PM by onager
I watch this one every year, while avoiding Coincidence on 34th Street and the other Xmas turkeys.

Edmund:...So, shall I begin the Christmas story?

Prince: Absolutely, as long as it's not that terribly depressing one about the chap who gets born on Christmas Day, shoots his mouth off about everything under the sun, and then comes a cropper with a couple of rumcoves on top of a hill in jolly Arab-land.

Edmund: You mean Jesus, Sir...

Prince: Yes, that's the fellow. Keep him out of it -- he always spoils the X-mas atmos.


From "BlackAdder Xmas Carol." The whole script is just a Google away.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 05:24 PM
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9. I love Blackadder Xmas Carol
I have all 4 seasons, plus xmas and the semi-recent special they did.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 05:10 PM
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7. Hold on!
What the hell am I supposed to do with the infantry assault on Thanksgiving that I have been planning all summer?!
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 05:24 PM
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10. Let's just say
Black Friday will have a new meaning...
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 09:43 PM
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13. The War on Christmas comes home
This is from early November 2006. I've posted it at least once or twice, but it always seems appropriate to revisit it:

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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 10:20 PM
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14. Peace on Earth, good will towards cannons
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 10:22 PM
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15. My cannon is never apocryphal
I should mention that the barrel actually reaches into the branches slightly, though the photo kind of makes it seem to be just a little in front of the tree.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 10:25 PM
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16. maybe the tree
is giving birth to the cannon. A Christmas Miracle!!
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 01:45 PM
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17. I think that every day should be War on Christmas Day.
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cosmik debris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 02:15 PM
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18. We're at Tinsel Alert Level Orange.
Edited on Fri Oct-10-08 02:16 PM by cosmik debris
The Global War On Christmas doesn't get to take vacations.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 03:00 PM
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19. It's never to early to put the X back in Xmas
and we're going to have plenty of help from people who can't afford to buy any of the crap that's going on the shelves.

Christmas, bah humbug. Most people will get new socks this year.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 03:07 PM
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20. Or like my grandmother like to give...
New underwear.....;-)
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 03:13 PM
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21. I didn't know it ended.
You guys have to start sending out emails to our EVC outposts.
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