The 'War on Christmas' and All That

'Tis this season again, when my mail box is stuffed with catalogues advertising products I have no interest in and my car radio spills out seasonal music, most of which I don’t like. [First-class mail basically doesn’t exist anymore, having been eradicated by email. I do get print periodicals I want to read. And Christmas music does contain some of the most beautiful hymns, such as “Silent Night” and “Come all ye Faithful”. I could do without “The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and other popular music with a banal message.]