This is going to shock Fox News viewers, but the people who wrote our Constitution didn't celebrate Christmas. In fact, like Jon Stewart notes, for the first 67 years after the birth of this nation, Congress was in session on Dec. 25th.
How is that possible you ask? It's very possible to be exact. Christmas is very much a modern invention. The Founders had absolutely no concept of Santa Claus or of Jesus' birthday. The American government didn't even recognize Christmas as a holiday until well after the Civil War in 1870. Until then, everyone worked on Christmas if they had a job.
Of course these are simple facts Fox News doesn't want people to know. They want people to believe that Christmas has always been celebrated in America and that our Founding Fathers created a Christian nation. Nothing could be further from the truth, however. Which is why you'll never see or hear anything remotely similar to what I just wrote on Fox News. Facts are nothing to be concerned about to Republicans so long live their propaganda machine.
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