You know it’s the doldrums of August when Fox News is already hyping up the War On Christmas. Are you worried yet? You should be!
Fox & Friends co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck recently highlighted a fight down in Belen, New Mexico over a controversial year-round nativity scene. Some locals of the town, whose name means “Bethlehem” in Spanish, want to see a plastic baby Jesus in the city’s local park to eternally celebrate Christmas; others, not so much, according to Media Matters.
Hasselbeck spoke to Belen’s embattled Mayor Jerah Cordova, who is being pressured to take down the display down. It was usual Fox-iness.
“The war on Christmas typically comes, well, in the winter, near December, but this is coming a little bit early,” Hasselbeck pointed out. “But this isn’t even about a seasonal issue. This isn’t a nativity that comes up for Christmas. This has been part of your people’s history there.”