Merry Christmas, Mr. Falwell.

Jerry Falwell is a piece of work. But hey, in the victimhood culture of America - what is the leader of a group that is in no way victimized supposed to do? Easy answer: pretend that your group is being persecuted - oh, and bring the lawyers.

See, if one says "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" it is a HORRIBLE affront to Christians. Get it? You pagan goons! Last year, Liberty University's counseling center must have been deluged with deeply scarred evangelicals who had to hear "Happy Holidays" all month long!....Oh what a world.

He is also quite wound up about Christmas trees. You better not call them Holiday Trees - OR ELSE! THEY WILL SUE! Jesus is the reason for the season. (The sad truth is that Jesus is the excuse for the shopping.)

The sublime idiocy of this is, of course, that Christmas Trees have absolutely nothing to do with Jesus. Like Yule logs, missile toe and Easter eggs they are pagan in origin. Falwell's phalanx of lawyers must be pleasing to all the dead Druids. Druids get no respect anymore. Merry Holidays! Happy Christmas! Now go SPEND.