(Snark City, USA) - Evangelical leaders today decried what they claim has become an all-out war on Christmas in July.
Not an official holiday according to the federal or any state or local governments, or major religious denominations for that matter, Christmas in July has nevertheless become an increasingly common event in townships across the country - or at least in "country style" retail outlets in those townships. The sales events typically include clearance sales on non-Christmas items as well as slightly damaged nativity scenes and ceramic Santas and snowmen dressed in down-home attire.
"This is just another example of the anti-Christian sentiment that is rampant in this country," said James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family. "Hundreds of people all across the country make snide or insensitive comments about this wonderful extension of the celebration of the Birth of Christ. It is an outrage and we will tolerate it no longer."
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