Dennis Prager: ‘To Deny that There Is a War on Christmas Is to Lie’

‘I mean, to deny that is to live in a fairy tale’

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KILMEADE: “Dennis, nobody knows more about religion, all types of religion, and theories and traditions than you. Why does merry Christmas matter?"
PRAGER: "It matters because it’s a national holiday, first of all. People have to understand I’m a Jew, OK? Christmas is not my religious holiday, but Christmas is my national holiday, on de facto and legal grounds. On the legal grounds it’s a national holiday. I honor my country. Number two, the vast majority of my fellow citizens celebrate this holiday. It’s — the notion — and this is the most important point — the notion that if you don’t celebrate Christmas or if you’re not a Christian you are offended by it, is so preposterous that words fail me. Preposterous is an understatement. Why would I be offended as a Jew if you said to me, as a non-Christian if you said to me merry Christmas? The idea is so narcissistic and so absurd, this is the holiday of the season. And it’s — to deny that there is a war on Christmas is to lie.”

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