>>7363709the war on christmas is unrelated to the commercialization of christmas
the war on christmas is about how there was a rash of schools banning the use of the term christmas in any of their parties, banning anything uniquely christmasy, and how companies had shifted to generic "winter" branding rather than a diverse celebration of things including christmas.
Some principal this year banned candy canes because the shape was a "J for jesus"
Which is hilariously close but not accurate at all.
They were shepards hooks.
But banning candy canes because a german church invented them to shut kids up during christmas eve mass in the 1600s is a bit of a stretch. It'd be like banning talk of the big bang theory because the catholic church invented it.
