America’s Christmas wars
Knock yourself out, Fox: Americans have vied over Christmas for centuries
HAVING SPENT almost two decades ballyhooing a non-existent “War on Christmas”, Fox News received the best present imaginable in the first week of Advent. A homeless man called Craig Tamanaha, while stumbling around Manhattan late one night, came across the 50-foot-high “All American Christmas Tree” in Fox Square. Mr Tamanaha climbed it, allegedly flicked his lighter, and the tree-like installation went up with a whoosh.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Rowing about Christmas”
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