Christmas 2010

Hello everyone in the land of progressives. This is the Adirondack Howler for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2010. All the shopping is completed and the cards are written and mailed out to friends and relatives but this Holiday season always seems to feel depressing. I have two articles from today's Commondreams.org that illustrate, in my view, the perceptions of Christmas 2010.

The first article deals with the annual War on Christmas brought to you by the people of the Right. In the piece, John Fugelsang tells us the recitation of Happy Holidays by businesses is good for their bottom lines. The story can be found at http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/24-3 .

The second article deals with how people are being frugal and more personal with their Christmas gifts. Acoording to the story, these moves have the potential to restore meaning to the Christmas holiday. The piece by Annie Lowery of Slate is found at http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/24-4 .

I am sure that my readers have listened to or read "Twas the Night Before Christmas". In today's Commondreams.org, Donna Smith reinterprets this holiday fable to reflect the times that the majority of our citizens are handling at the present time. Her rendition can be found at http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/24 .

Before I started posting today, I was checking the track of Santa on the Norad Santa website (noradsanta.org) and disccovered that he was in Kazakhstan as of 1PM. Now as I blog with you, he is over the Indian Ocean island of the Seychelles. I wish I had a direct line to Santa's sleigh to tell him to drop a load of coal over the Fox News studios. I cite three pieces from Newshounds.us to give the man in red an idea that Fox News is not exactly nice.

Article One : http://www.newshounds.us/2010/12/24/fox_friends_shows_some_christmas_love_to_persecuted_christians.php

P.S -- Please mention that people of the Muslim faith have been persecuted quite severely since September 11, 2001.

Article Two: http://www.newshounds.us/2010/12/24/fox_friends_war_on_christmas_adds_to_antiislamic_hate_speech_.php

Article Three: http://www.newshounds.us/2010/12/24/van_susteren_helps_palin_play_a_haiti_expert_on_tv.php

P.P.S.-- Do not get coal from mines owned by Massey Energy.

I will return shortly with my pick for Video of the Week.