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My wife and I heard the world’s worst Christmas song while driving to my in-laws for an early Thanksgiving dinner, “Christmas with a Capital ‘C’.” I must say, the song was so bad my ears almost fell off.

Apparently, the song’s been around for a while. It’s by a group called Go Fish, who, I guess, put out music for kids. This song, though, appeared aimed squarely at all the adult goofs who think there really is a war on Christmas. (Personally, I think we have more than enough real wars going on to waste time inventing false ones.)

You can read more about the Go Fish guys here.

Their Christmas song, though, rails against those people who have the nerve to actually say Happy Holidays this time of year. You know the kind, the kind of person who’s actually smart enough to realize that not everyone celebrates Christmas, that some people are actually marking other holidays this time of year. For some reason, this really bugs a lot of people.

There are snippets from a sermon near the end of the song. The person preaching mentions that no one says Happy Holidays during February, which, like December, does have more than one holiday. Of course, this line of logic ignores the fact that no one ever says “Happy Lincoln’s Birthday.” It also ignores the fact that Lincoln’s Birthday, Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day aren’t religious holidays.

As much as the “Merry Christmas” police don’t want to admit it, we live in a country where not everyone believes that Jesus is God’s son. A lot of people in this country don’t even believe there is such a thing as God.

Maybe we should require shoppers to tell their cashiers what holiday they are celebrating. Then, the cashier can say “Happy Kwanzaa,” or whatever holiday is the shoppers’ personal favorite. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s easiest to just say “Happy Holidays” to cover all of the holidays.

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