PragerU is Fighting the War On Christmas and LOSING

[@wheels9645]

conservatives: im not gonna use they/them! they're just two words! it's not that important also conservatives: noooo other holidays exist!!!

[@ddjsoyenby]

me: i could say merry christmas........if you give me a they/them I HAVE THE POWER!

[@HobieInTheBox]

Also conservatives: SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS they're just 2 words!!

[@SiRenfield]

Actually that’s a brilliant comparison because they/them for a single person is what you commonly use when you don’t know the gender identity or pronouns of a person much like how you say Happy Holidays when you don’t know what a person’s beliefs are.

[@valivali8104]

@@SiRenfield and even christians tend to celebrate other holidays than christmas too - for example, who doesn’t celebrate new years?

[@jonathanstern5537]

@@SiRenfield Or when they don't fit into the binary, like say people who celebrate Christmas and Chanukah.

[@vsmith1688]

I grew up during the "satanic panic." It's amazing to me that many of the same people who complain about the imaginary war on Christmas have spent decades attacking Halloween.

[@kayenjee]

That's actually on brand 😅

[@Dante_yo_son_of_sparda_yo77]

Out of all trio holidays Christmas and Halloween are the best

[@ddjsoyenby]

the golden rule "it's ok when i do it"

[@Zeffer32]

'Rules for thee, not for me!"

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

That's my mom. She still thinks that Satanist get together on Halloween and eat babies

[@ri2587]

Imagine being so privileged that your biggest problem is someone telling you “Happy holidays” (news flash: christmas is a holiday)

[@annamizera412]

that's what always drives me nuts from those types like. I thought christmas was a holiday?? Why wouldn't it be included in 'happy holidays' ???????

[@arklypurple99]

my favorite part is that they forget abt new years

[@cam4636]

@@arklypurple99 That's what I always say--if they get mad at "happy holidays" I tell them to have a shitty new year

[@pissapocalypse]

They're also allowed to say merry Christmas. Nobody gives a shit if they do. Idk what the conservatives are fucking whining about lmao

[@coolsenjoyer]

I've always thought happy holidays is basically intended as like saying "merry christmas and a happy new year" in two words

[@KnittingandBaking]

Their real argument is "Why can't we force everyone to be Christian? It's not fair that people get to choose their own religion and they chose differently than me."

[@daelnelbel]

I know I’m a year late, but isn’t Dennis Prager Jewish? Which makes me confused as to why he’s shoving Christmas down people’s throats.

[@batchampa]

They at least want everyone to perform Christianity. They've never really cared about people living up to Christian ideals like loving your neighbour or helping the poor

[@alimbis]

@@batchampa "you are bad according to my old book!" "but your book also tells you to be kind and to care for eachother?"

[@batchampa]

@@alimbis they are like toddlers who are like "but I WANT to hate them! Waaaaaah!"

[@sal0mea]

It's literally like someone saying "have a nice weekend!" and the other person yelling "BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY NICE SATURDAY!? YOU'RE ERASING MY SATURDAY!!" make that make sense 🙃

[@Someoneonceagain]

Literally an amazing metaphor

[@monikorasort]

The War on Saturday is not something to be joked about good sir

[@CrossTheBeliever]

I don't celebrate saturday duhh 🙄 /j

[@awesium4077]

The other guy is complaining that he got wished a nice saturday AND a nice sunday.

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Only 8 more months until Guy Fawkes Day!!!😮😅

[@Hip.Username]

In the early 2000s I was a teen working in retail and I was introduced to the war on Christmas then. I was raised in a Christian conservative home and it was still so surreal to have people respond with "merry CHRISTmas 😏" when I said happy holidays. The same people would yell about lines being too long and throw their change at me it was great

[@AnnamarieForcino]

there's no hate like christian love

[@kayenjee]

I also worked in retail in the 00's...people were the worst on Christian holidays. Especially Christmas. Nothing like getting berated for the store being out of red taper candles to put you in the Christmas spirit 🎅

[@Matty__niice]

Good old fashioned Christian hate!

[@markgrey5360]

@@AnnamarieForcino Just wanted to say Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎄🎁🎁 Also, can we call Prager U Prager Uneducated as that is a much more accurate interpretation of what the U stands for than University as it feels like an insult to universities everywhere tbh.

[@jasper_the_techie]

@@markgrey5360 I second this

[@mythcat1273]

I imagine this man dropping to his knees, sobbing the biggest tears imaginable and screaming like his parents just died right in front of him when someone says happy holidays

[@idklol1233-u7z]

Fr why is he so mad lmao its not that deep

[@A_Ducky]

To his generation & way of thinking (and there's a whole lot more like him) this is a covert operation to completely erase Christian religion from the face of the earth.. starting with USA. I bet this man fully believes in the rapture, and has one of those car stickers for someone to take the wheel (or take care of his pet) if he suddenly starts floating upwards in a plume of blessed vape. He also has never tried any but missionary position. I dunno..just the vibe (I'm yet to finish the video, around 12min).

[@sparrowarrow1442]

I would pay good money too see him cry like that

[@thearsonistofarland3087]

Canon

[@PGOuma]

He needs to go get that ta-ta milk 🍼

[@buriedinbooks881]

As a pagan I can tell ya. Christians are the only one bothered by this. Everytime I get a “merry Christmas” i respond with a “joyful solstice!” And 9/10 times they freak out and stare or yell at me as if I had personally ripped their crosses off of their walls. Conservative Christian’s are the biggest babies of all time during the holidays. In my own friend group we have me who celebrates solstice, someone who celebrates Christmas, someone who celebrates yule, and someone who celebrates a secular Christmas like holiday (atheist). When we see each other we all wish each other a happy holidays or sometimes we shout all of the sayings at once becuase it’s fun and it’s never ever been an issue. Having hot cocoa with friends is so much more important than the “correct” words to say at these events haha

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

You sound like a very cool human.

[@smallheinz]

i’ve never heard the phrase “joyful solstice”, but that’s super cool that you can represent your beliefs with it! a very joyful solstice to you

[@radishsayshi]

I say good health when people sneeze, and some people react like I screamed "Hail Satan!" in their faces.

[@witchy-trials]

ahh i like to say happy yule or happy solstice so i get that !! kudos to you :)

[@itz_grass5890]

Yes!!! As a pagan i love pagan representation. Have a great solstice friend!!!

[@AndrewMovie13]

The same crowd saying "All Lives Matter" are the same ones that get upset over "Happy Holidays". The phrases supposedly have the same intention, yet they're only concerned about one.

[@unngjerde5064]

Some (not all) people who say "all lives matter" actualy mean "my life matters" so when people tell them happy holidays, those same people who think their life matters are mad since they only want their holidays to be accepted.

[@Andrew-fn3oc]

Damn that’s actually a really good point

[@chiachimariachi4682]

“By saying Happy Holidays you are excluding me” “Happy Holidays” -> Christmas is a holiday -> The holiday YOU celebrate is Christmas -❌> “wtf you’re not being inclusive of Christmas 😡😡😡” *Dennis must be so fit from how far he jumps to conclusions*

[@PrincessAcornHair]

So much logic!

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

Its so funny too that they think Christmas is going away. As a kid growing up in America (and who’s lived in America my whole life) who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, I can assure them I did plenty of Christmas related activities in school and otherwise. Shoutout to my kindergarten teacher though who decided we’d celebrate every holiday any child in class does. We got to do so many fun things because of that.

[@oobtty]

Bro gets gold in the mental gymnastic olympics every year

[@PrincessAcornHair]

@@oobtty well that joke was - Sour.

[@wouldntyouliketoknowwesath7789]

Prager U gives "I can't be racist, I have a black friend!" Vibes

[@sandrols7]

That's basically why they bring on the likes of Candace Owens. No other reason!

[@Mrcleanfrfr]

Can't wait till they start platforming Ollie London who faked being queer for attention and is now a "born again Christian" who spouts Homophobic and Transphobic rhetoric

[@celiapyburn5858]

@@sandrols7fr I was about to say Candace Owens is the black friend

[@solosynapse]

It's even more messed up when you realise Dennis Prager is ethnically Jewish.

[@hegyak]

They did a Video on how "Slavery was not so bad." They, took that Video down, after it got MASSIVE backlash. But you can still find it.

[@Theballadeer6]

”They’re going to remove Christmas as a holiday” Those cheesy Christmas Hallmark movies aren’t slowing down any time soon so I don’t think you’ve gotta worry about that sweetheart

[@s_h_o_o_b_y]

not to mention the whole nauseating month of “christmas in july”

[@_someoneonearth_]

There's literally a whole channel on our tv

[@FlareStorms]

obligatory "... ..." comment

[@mafuyutism]

annamarie cackling at some stick figure getting beat up cleared my skin, watered my crops, and made my mother proud of me for once.

[@reneedailey1696]

Fucking iconic line, stranger. Well done, that got a good belly laugh outta me, my stomach hurts now, lol

[@connorletkeman3539]

I also loved the quick deflection of the speech bubble

[@misplaced3117]

I’ll always be proud of u bbg 🎷🎷🎷

[@laurasaucier7482]

"If you don't say Merry Christmas, you're not inclusive, you're hurtful." I GENUINELY laughed out loud! I can't believe he managed to say that sentence with so much gravitas!

[@SkwithOv]

i'm nonreligious and someone wished me a merry christmas today - so i said thanks, you too! im celebrating hanukkah with jewish family but if i said happy hanukkah to them..... i remember last year in december i was at a craft store and someone was buying wrapping paper (with a jewish design on it, very obviously not christian) and when they said happy holidays to the cashier and walked off, the person behind them said "i think you mean merry christmas!" in a very loud obnoxious way and then complained to the cashier about it 😬

[@SkwithOv]

ALSO my jewish family member there.... she LOVES christmas movies but she doesn't celebrate christmas at all, she loves when people say happy holidays or happy hanukkah to her and stuff like that - she never says merry christmas and she talks about it a lot

[@owenlawrence670]

If someone said Happy Hanukkah to me I would be so happy you included me in your holy day, it almost feels like your spreading love in your way. Also just to clarify I'm 100% for happy holidays and I'm not trying to defend the people who would lose their shit if you said Happy Hanukkah to them instead of Merry Christmas.

[@SkwithOv]

@@owenlawrence670 that's very appreciated ♥

[@Pesciolotto]

the US is one of the biggest countries and those people still can't get over the fact that not everyone is a christian

[@catboy_tylerr]

i'm a server in a restaurant, and my mother (who was also a server when she was my age) taught me to say "happy holidays" from a very young age because of the fact that not everyone celebrates christmas, so every time i'm telling customers to have a good rest of their day when they leave my workplace during december, i say "happy holidays". most times, customers respond with "merry christmas", but sometimes i'll have a customer who's face lights up when they say the same back to me. it always puts a smile on my face to see someone happy that they're being included, no matter what they celebrate

[@kayenjee]

So wholesome 🥹

[@A_Ducky]

Yup. I've never celebrated Christmas in my life. Regular garden variety American citizen, immigrant

[@Akooks]

“Customers”? Lol that’s a big No No in the restaurant industry. We call them “Guests” lmao. Are you sure you’re a server?

[@solosynapse]

@@Akooks At every restaurant I've worked at, with the exception Cracker Barrel, they were called "customers" by absolutely everyone except maybe corporate.

[@Akooks]

@@solosynapse Yay, you got the joke!

[@ElariaFlori]

I had no idea how much anti semitism there was in the US until recently. I live in Canada and I’m not really sure how much there is here, but it is so disgusting how much there is in the US

[@AnnamarieForcino]

it's disgusting! unfortunately it's so ingrained in american culture that we don't even realize it a lot of the time. many popular conspiracy theories (in the US at least) are rooted in anti-semitism.

[@snowycryptids]

As a Jewish Canadian, Canada is full of antisemitism. Basically everything described in the video applies to Canada as well.

[@Resilient_Sage88]

@@AnnamarieForcino It's not just the US. It's everywhere. A lot of it can be traced back to one publication called "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" it was the brainchild of a Propagandist for the Tzar of Russia; he made up some story about 'finding it on the body of a Jew' when he basically pulled stuff from a French Satire. So think Goebbels using Mel Brooks movies as a fall back on being a huge P.O.S.

[@mumbledmeatballs5629]

There’s absolutely a lot in Canada rn. I think it was Winnipeg where there were multiple attacks on Jewish ppl and businesses. Its VERY PREVALENT HERE.

[@LordOfElysium]

@@mumbledmeatballs5629 damn, that’s something I’d expect from Quebec. America is really rubbing off on us- :/

[@unlucky_charm29]

i can't believe it's so difficult for some people to just be kind. like, if someone says "merry christmas" i will say "merry christmas" back. if someone says "happy hanukkah" i will say "happy hanukkah" back. same with "happy holidays", "happy kwanzaa" and so on. if someone says a specific holiday, i assume that they celebrate that holiday, and i wish them a happy [insert holiday here] back. it really isn't that hard.

[@haleycopans296]

As a Jewish gal I was raised to ALWAYS say merry Christmas in fear happy Hanukkah or simply saying or I don’t celebrate Christmas could get me hurt or worse. So I like happy holidays. Feels more inclusive.

[@starswirl1000]

I'm sorry about that. I hope you can soon be able to comfortably be proud of your faith :)

[@beep3242]

I'm a lifelong atheist, and we've always celebrated Christmas. Nowadays I don't include the religious bits and sometimes I even call it "Yule." But I can say with absolute certainty that when someone said "Happy Holidays" to me, I always took that as synonymous with Merry Christmas. It didn't even cross my mind as "erasure" of Christmas. It seems silly to me that they care so much.

[@salamzander]

Same to everything you said!

[@CYCL0PZZZZ]

i also love christmas, just without the religious parts. the holiday is fun, the movies are great, the food is delicious, to me it's just a day to have fun

[@paulhammond6978]

I have a friend who insists on "Yule" in her Christmas cards too - I mean, at these times it's a secular mid-winter break. Christmas cards usually have Santa Claus and robins and snow scenes and Christmas trees, and only people who make a religious point tend to insist on the ones with Nativity scenes on them.

[@trombonesarecool1]

Same here! This prager shit is so hilarious. They really be mad about using the word holiday instead of christmas. You know what christmas is? A FUCKING HOLIDAY 💀

[@isabellevkd]

All of that is the same for me too!

[@misspeaches1144]

I work in customer service and despite being Jewish, I don’t wish people happy holidays because I hate Christmas. I do it because I am mortified with the thought of wishing people Merry Christmas not knowing whether they celebrate it or not. My social anxiety could never

[@annamizera412]

EXACTLY! If i told someone 'merry christmas' and then they said 'oh I dont celebrate christmas' i would be so embarrassed, I'd just give them whatever they're buying for free

[@SapphicTeen]

Well I guess now you have to worry about people getting mad at you for saying that 💀

[@Imbatmn57]

The people at my dollar store always bless me, I just don't say anything and go on with my day, like I don't know anyone that would get upset over it because it's rude to throw a fit about anything, especially when you work in customer service. I also try to say just "thank you" so I don't misgender.

[@amousenamedcrouton]

LITERALLYYY. I'm agnostic and most of my pals aren't religous. I think I would simply die if I wished someone to have a religion specific holiday and then they go "i am not that religion.."

[@Leslie_AF]

@@SapphicTeen The only answer is to say “happy holiday” in a way that could also sound like “merry Christmas”, kinda like a yanny/laurel thing

[@natashafonseca5820]

Crazy how Dennis says Christmas is an American holiday when there are tons of other countries that celebrate it too

[@elise3586]

like what??? christianity didn’t even originate in america!

[@cam4636]

@@elise3586 'Christian nationalists' are a very literal moniker.

[@jariahymn3028]

@@elise3586 Christmas isn’t originally Christian either, it’s pagan(Yule)

[@chanterelle483]

Yeah, majority of those other holidays in that article are Christian ones from other part of the world. But why think about Christians other than American Evangelicals? (Even though, to be fair, all of them likely celebrate Christmas too, so they aren't that important in this discussion, but still.)

[@funky58abi95]

like it literally takes a 2 second google search to learn that the first christmas celebration was in rome

[@KaiKeroseno]

Honestly, as a person who speaks spanish this is the funniest shit I've ever seen because this only happens with english speaking people. For example, here in Argentina even christian and catholic people say "Felices Fiestas" which could translate to "Happy Holidays", we don't actually say merry christmas UNTIL christmas

[@indie-rose6]

I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness, so we never celebrated Christmas or anything during December (until I finally got out last year!!) but I still never got offended when people said happy holidays/merry Christmas to me. If fact when I grew up when people said happy holidays I thought it referred to the summer holidays (grew up in NZ) and appreciated being involved!

[@nicole-rb4iw]

so so great that u got out !! i hope u’re doing better

[@indie-rose6]

@@nicole-rb4iw thanks! I’m doing alright! Thankfully I have friends outside of the religion to support me so I haven’t been isolated by leaving. Hope you’re doing well too! :)

[@owenlawrence670]

Born and raised former jw in therapy here, In Canada we have some English sayings and spelling that are similar to British English, so some people will say holiday to refer to someone going on vacation. Whenever someone said happy holidays to me i always thought it was because many people have work and school off during December and they will often travel, either on vacation(like to Mexico for the winter) or seeing family. Dennis really is just a moron.

[@sirfurbingtonthe23rd4]

I can't believe people throw fits over the "erasure" of Christmas. Like, bestie, Christmas is included in "holidays" when you say, "Happy Holidays." Oh no, it's suddenly not all about you so it must be evil or whatever. Some people, I swear.🙄

[@reedsylvier5250]

Calls back to all the other inclusive language and representation progress with made, which still includes and represents those that have always have the majority, but now its a lot better, and get mad at these super normal things cuz now they're not the only one representated. Narcissism I guess, everything's gotta be about me and if it isn't I'm taking it personally 🤷

[@jotunn30]

It’s like Annamarie says : when you’re this priviledged you gotta make up issues to make yourself the victim..it’s like 90% of modern conservatism lol

[@FeralFelineFriend]

Funny they say that because Christmas was pagan and still uses things from it's pagan roots, so they wanna cry about erasure when that's what was happening from the start.

[@solosynapse]

@@FeralFelineFriend Yup! Christmas trees are specifically banned by the Bible as a pagan practice.

[@nekoest]

"Christmas erasure" is just like "femboy erasure." It doesn't exist.

[@syncronymph2119]

I'm Jewish and while I don't really care if a random person on the street wishes me Merry Christmas (they're just trying to be nice), it is nice to hear "Happy Holidays", because it lets me know that people are aware that Judaism exists. I know it sounds silly, but the fact that we don't really have many Hannukah movies or mainstream Hannukah songs (that are in English) is what makes me feel this way around this time of year.

[@solosynapse]

The messed up thing is that Dennis Prager is Jewish! But he's also incredibly antisemitic & basically trying to be a modern-day Helmuth Wilburg (a German Jew who betrayed his people & served as general of the Luftwaffe in the 30s).

[@s_h_o_o_b_y]

instead, pop culture gives you shit like adam sandler’s “hanukkah song” 🙄 we need some inclusivity and representation up in here!!! some that isn’t just “comedic” also, i’m not jewish, but i feel y’all deserve more 💕

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@s_h_o_o_b_y I've been wanting to get some musicians together to record a pan-pagan holiday album for a while now. Something that would have something for the Wiccans, the Druids, the Rodnovers, the Kemeticists, the Thelemites, the Asatruars, the Hellenists, and all the rest. Ideally with songwriters from each individual tradition writing new holiday songs for their own faith of course. Us pagans deserve some holiday cheer too.

[@lavendertaffy7591]

@@s_h_o_o_b_y Adam Sandler is Jewish though? That’s representation. Eight crazy nights really sucked though. I wish we had at least one decent Hanukkah movie

[@MeCooper]

The problem is that people insist that Christmas is actually a Christian holiday... All the 'Jebus was born in December' stuff is untrue according to Christian doctrine. The new testament is basically a consolidation of a bunch of letters by the apostles, And by their accounts and other related historical facts Jesus was born between what we now call June and July... He is also Jewish, So like... Even today if he existed he would be celebrating Hannukah, Not Christmas... The entire thing is just stupid as hell.

[@CuteKittyMeep]

the fact that he’s jewish makes this sm sadder. this is literally friendly fire 💀

[@isaacmayer-splain8974]

Betrayal! Lost the lead.

[@crystlelakefarm1254]

Wait, he is? (I genuinely didn't know that)

[@willowwisp4307]

@@crystlelakefarm1254He says it at 16:33 :)

[@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn]

​@@crystlelakefarm1254I think he said he was in the video

[@CircusFoxxo]

He's probably Messianic (literally just Christian) or as Jewish as Ben Shapiro (entirely not, just performatively)

[@BlackBeltTimeLord]

To avoid controversy, my brother just says, “Happy Honda Days.”

[@Axqu7227]

How dare you, my family celebrates Toyotathon!

[@Idonothing-jj7qe]

Jolly volksmas !

[@Dreamheart101]

...I'm going to switch to saying "Happy Holidays" just because of this. Is it pure spite? Yes, and you can't stop me.

[@juliadesoto7374]

*cue the evil laughter*

[@unngjerde5064]

If you want to make them even more mad. You can also say, "happy hanukkah, and joyus yule." Although they might sacrifice you so be carefull

[@WhiteWolf496]

"By not wishing me a Merry Christmas, you are not being inclusive." - dennis prager I'm ded that's too funny lol.

[@aross5035]

hes literally jewish lmao of all people he should understand

[@TheMahayanist]

@@aross5035 I agree. I say the same stuff about LGBT issues. Jews were persecuted by Christians for centuries over lies, I'm surprised they can't empathize with LGBT people for the same reason.

[@SorowFame]

I don’t know if Prager specifically has complained about pronouns but he seems like the type. Yet he also expects you to read his mind and know he celebrates Christmas rather than any other holiday.

[@Stonedsapphic]

@@SorowFame they have

[@naturessacrifice8265]

@@SorowFame Apparently he's Jewish as well. Orthodox Jewish, if that's what it's called. He doesn't even CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.

[@jennarose434]

i’m jewish and in high school my friend and i were raising money for a charity outside a grocery story in december. one man donated on his way out so i said “thank you! happy holidays!” and he responded with, “it’s okay, you can say merry christmas around me”. i don’t even celebrate christmas so why tf would i only say merry christmas to a random person when i don’t know their traditions😭😭

[@connorletkeman3539]

I'm agnostic but I also get a lot of "it's okay you can say merry christmas" as if I would be otherwise banned from using the phrase

[@naturessacrifice8265]

I currently work at an Ace, if you want an understanding of how many shits my manager cares about Christmas, he blasts music in the back while repairing chainsaws because he's so fed up with "All I want for Christmas". Dennis needs to learn nobody cares about Christmas exclusively anymore

[@cam4636]

That's when you hit 'em with an "😒I'm Jewish"

[@user-jj9zo9kz6j]

At my work we were forced to say merry Christmas to every customer or she would come out and scold me. LOL quit soon after

[@damian8939]

My dad used to make me watch Prager u and take notes and then he'd quiz me. This video is giving me trauma flashbacks

[@AnnamarieForcino]

that's so funny but also i'm so sorry😭😭

[@reneedailey1696]

Yikes, I hope you're away from that influence now! I'm so sorry.

[@damian8939]

@@reneedailey1696 it's okay I'm doing good now haha

[@UlexiteTVStoneLexite]

Oh wow I'm sorry. My mom tried to bring up Prager a few years ago, it resulted in a huge argument and me coming out as atheist.

[@wolvie1618]

Holy shit that sounds horrible! I probably would have started a fight if someone tried to make me do that

[@maximilienrobespierre7927]

I have an answer to "Should Americans be wishing each other Merry Christmas?" They should be wishing eachother whatever the fuck they want. End of discussion.

[@SweaterWearingaTree]

Writing Christmas songs was a business descion. When you get paid royalties from radio stations playing your songs and album sales, having a few Christmas songs or whole album in your catalog was almost guaranteed income.

[@cam4636]

_Weird_ how often "true Christian traditions!!!" are actually extremely recent marketing decisions

[@gabrielalexander3292]

I'll never forget a charming lady that was treating me nice until I told her happy holidays and she genuinely growled 'merry Christmas'. I sure do love being in the south, by golly.

[@yeahok8259]

As someone in Texas, I can’t fucking WAIT to use this at work next December

[@seabear6464]

@@yeahok8259 how's it going for ya

[@doagii2649]

@@yeahok8259well?

[@Wwhdduendjdhhfmwosdn]

I checked the new comments and they did not disappoint “… IM A GAY ATHEIST AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME”

[@wolvie1618]

Ah I see my people have beat me to it, good, good.

[@charlespentrose7834]

If someone were to get butthurt at me saying "Happy Holidays" I'd say something along the lines of "So you want people to be unhappy on all the other holidays?"

[@bingusbongus3109]

Yes

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

I'd be tempted to say, "Alright, then have a Merry Christmas and cry in the shower eating ice cream on all the other holidays, I guess ',:/ "

[@BantheBans]

I'm 50 and people have been saying Happy Holidays ALL MY LIFE. I always took it to be Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years growing up. It's not new. They're such whiny babies

[@artikulv731]

Thinking that saying “Happy Holidays” erases Christmas and is anti-Christian is on the same level as thinking saying “pregnant people” is misogynistic and erases women. No one can change my mind on this.

[@roerose4449]

bro, i think i agree with you, but this is such a blanket statement it could go either way.

[@0kr4m]

tbh i dont doubt conservatives actually think that

[@kajamatousek247]

​@@0kr4mIts funny how conservatives only care about women when they can use them to hurt someone else

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

@@0kr4m actually I think conservatives spend a disturbing high amount of time thinking about pregnant people.

[@minako10]

"Its agenda to thoroughly secularise American and European societies" Yeah, no. Many European societies (countries) are already VERY MUCH secularised and have been so for a very long time. There are even places where churches have been turned into cafés and book shops amongst other things.

[@starsiadraws]

As if the whole of Christianity hasn't had the goal of Chrisitianizing literally everything else since they got big. Like literally Christmas was designed to appropriate Pagan culture and make Yule into a Christian holiday. 💀

[@ineedapharmists]

@@starsiadraws false.

[@reedsylvier5250]

Didn't they literally change Jesus' birthday to Christmas? It used to be around Easter or something wasn't it? A lot of traditions we still have today of holidays such as Christmas/Yule, Easter, and of course Halloween, are taken from Paganism/Celtic culture. Eg, bringing a tree in, wreaths, (I'm not sure of the mistletoe if that's from paganism or a strange adaption from Norse legend or?), the association of certain plants such as the oak tree and pine, holly, etc. That's all I can think of off the top of my head, correct me if I'm wrong on anything or missing anything, I find this stuff interesting.

[@jenblack98]

@@starsiadraws Yeah this isn't true. The reality is that most of the people who converted to Christianity in European society were previously pagan and so they kept their traditions after converting. In fact, missionaries were told not to stop people from practising traditions that did not conflict with Christian teachings. It is a myth that Christianity appropriated paganism and more so that pagans became Christians and kept their practices.

[@DrDinoNuggies]

@@jenblack98 kinda but not really. It is pretty debated as to why we celebrate Christmas on December 25th, we know that Sol Invictus was celebrated by Romans on that same day until their switch to Christianity and that there were other pagan holidays during this time. So while we don’t know for sure, it is extremely likely that the date was adopted as a direct replacement for those holidays.

[@cakey7290]

Dennis Prager showing up in a PragerU video is like the final villain deciding to step in fight himself

[@VoidZeroNothing]

It's like Ted coming on to the TEDTalk.

[@sejianimates1735]

It’s like Sal Khan showing up in a Khan Academy video.

[@osheridan]

It's like T- showing up in a T-Series video

[@commercialairliner]

It's like V appearing in a VSauce video.

[@gambilious9690]

​@@commercialairlinernah, it's like a sentient jar of vsauce appearing

[@Therezumee92]

It's literally called ''Winter Celebration'' in my language. So this War on Christmas in the US is so funny to me.

[@ethancox9737]

What is your native language?

[@Therezumee92]

@@ethancox9737 Latvian, it's called "Ziemassvētki". Ziema - winter, svētki - celebration.

[@ethancox9737]

@@Therezumee92 Got it, cool.

[@ethancox9737]

@@Therezumee92 Got it. How do you say Christ or similar words in Latvian?

[@Therezumee92]

@@ethancox9737 Jēzus Kristus, I think. But we're one of the least religious countries in Europe, not many care in a serious sense. Christianity failed here.

[@donovanmahan2901]

The "war on Christmas" is really the "war on every early winter holiday that isn't Christmas"

[@arandomcatheehee]

As an atheist who grew up religious, I actually love Christmas! Not for the religious bogwash, I like being around loved ones, the christmas trees, the lights, the presents, the food... it's all awesome! So the way Dennis says "They'll REMOVE Christmas from the calendar!! >:(" just made me roll my eyes Note: Happy holidays to everyone who reads this

[@ciaociara]

This is such a fun video. I am atheist but celebrate Christmas as I see it being more focused on loved ones. I used to work in retail and I thought it was sweet when people would “bless me”, wish me “merry Christmas” and “happy Hanukkah”. “Happy holidays” is nice because you cover everything. I don’t know and don’t care what or why you are celebrating. Just buy things you don’t need and stuff your face this season. Edit: throughout this video, I kept saying “but what is he getting at?” His reasonings aren’t supporting his argument.

[@starsiadraws]

I celebrate Christmas secularly, as well! It makes me feel a bit weird when Christians act like only Christians celebrate

[@Noodle_Dragon]

i mean a lot of the parts of christmas like wreaths, presents, feasting, etc, originate from a pagan holiday, so its really not 'just' christian. (i too am an atheist and found this based on minimal research, anyone please correct me if im wrong.)

[@billcipher8645]

@@Noodle_Dragon not even parts, the whole holiday is pagan but covered in Jesus propaganda. It was used as a way to convert pagans to Christianity without giving up their beloved winter holiday (which is really "generous" as most of their convertion ways were very violent)

[@mammoneymelon]

@@Noodle_Dragon yep! remove the nativity scene and a few carols and you've got a pagan holiday lol

[@lootria]

@@starsiadraws as someone raised in an orthodox christian family (tho atheist now lol) christmas here isnt on dec. 25th, its january 7th. also christianity but totally different thing over here. seeing people like dp acting like a crybaby when someome says "happy holidays"cause " theyre trying to erase christianity" or whatever makes me laugh my ass off. am i supposed to yell and cry and piss my pants cause the west isnt affirming our christmas lol? like.. i never heard you mention *us*, prager, whats up with that? prager seems to not care about christmas or christians 🗿🗿

[@Chelseabee55]

‘For the past couple of years everyone has said happy holidays’ to me. Wow, all these under paid and over stressed service workers are being really nice to you throughout December? How dare they be nice and in a good mood and provide good service

[@austinspace2345]

The War on Christmas is a defensive action in response to Christmas crossing the Thanksgiving demarcation line.

[@naomirmckay3368]

Frankly, they should have known better than to send troops into the demilitarized zone, smh.

[@wolvie1618]

Frankly they were asking for it when they started to butt in on Halloween territory

[@TheMahayanist]

@@wolvie1618 Too many stomach and toothaches in children is a valid casus belli tbh

[@solosynapse]

@@wolvie1618 Goth kids hold the line

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@solosynapse Goths and Pagans will never let the watch fail.

[@thisissomedumbshhh1790]

I use to work in retail. Everytime holiday season would pop up, we were prepping ourselves for the "merry Christmas" complaining. It got bad enough that by my third year, instead of saying happy holidays- I'd wait for them to say merry Christmas and I responded with happy Hanukkah. I actually got a lot less active grumbling just cause a lot of people would be too confused to say anything back. Edit: I'm not upset at people saying merry Christmas btw, it was just when I'd respond with happy holidays- I'd end up getting bitched at 💁 and I don't really enjoy that part so.. yuh.

[@shiabue]

I’ve celebrated Christmas with my family my whole life but I feel so uncomfortable when a stranger wishes me a “Merry Christmas”

[@AnnamarieForcino]

ikr, it's turned into a minor dogwhistle for me if it's from someone i don't know

[@starsiadraws]

I feel the same! Like I don't know you like that, please don't insert yourself into my holidays lmao

[@PGOuma]

@@starsiadraws lmao

[@PGOuma]

Same tho even if I celebrate Christmas secularly now

[@Akooks]

Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄 lol

[@MostDefinitelyNotRosie]

I swear to God if Santa wishes me a Merry Christmas, I'm decking his halls 👊

[@moppedwater6049]

With bells of holly >:(

[@A_Ducky]

h = b

[@philipdriver4398]

Maybe show him the opening to the nutcracker.

[@Starving_Phoenix]

I truly can't fathom what it's like to get so worked up over something so inconsequential. What's it like to be so privliged? It sounds nice.

[@cutecowcomments]

That’s exactly it. Privilege and not having real problems

[@j.c.2240]

Ah, to be comfortable enough in my life that something so inconsequential could occupy any space in my mind, that something so unrelated to me would even be a blip on my radar. Must be nice to have no major problems, like Dennis

[@mammoneymelon]

exactly! it screams "I've never experienced hardship before in my entire life"

[@lapislazarus8899]

To the privileged, inclusivity seems like oppression.

[@YokaiArcade]

Same type of people who call us snowflakes yet they're triggered by someone wishing you a happy holiday lol

[@cloudyskyz2237]

✨projection✨

[@Rattline]

I lost my brother to the War on Christmas :( hearing "Merry Christmas" just reminds me of his sacrifice against the woke militia

[@decoraprince]

Not related to Christmas, but similarly I had a Christian friend that got mad when chocolate Easter Eggs in the shop were all labelled "[Brand] Chocolate Egg" instead of featuring the word Easter... She got SO mad and defensive over it and stopped talking to me when I explained that it was because not everyone celebrates Easter and it isn't even a big deal lmao. She was saying that it was ~erasing Christianity~ like ?????

[@lady_apocalypse178]

Chocolate eggs aren't even related to the religious part of easter tho? What is she on lmao

[@decoraprince]

@@lady_apocalypse178 EXACTLY?? It was so dumb lmao

[@kayenjee]

When I would volunteer for my daughter's elementary school class, we had a Holiday Party and we would make sure to use only winter themed items (nothing specifically Christmas or otherwise), I made sure the music playlist didn't have any songs with Christian Christmas lyrics. It wasn't a big deal.

[@friendbright5375]

Getting a PragerU ad on this video.. Comedy gold

[@artespeck8091]

Being a conservative is just having a severe case of Main Character Syndrome

[@whoknowsatthispoint7508]

Tbh I just like saying "happy holidays" more because it's alliteration, and both of the words starting with the same h sound appeases my monkey brain

[@annadavied7253]

"Have a good week!" "Oh, but it's Tuesday. I only acknowledge today." "Yeah, but other days will come and I hope you have a good day on those days, too." "This is a war on Tuesdays! Everybody wants to replace Tuesday with Wednesday, and it's not fair!" "No, we don't want to replace Tuesdays. Enjoy your Tuesday. But when it's Wednesday, we want to wish you well for that, too." "Well DON'T SAY 'Happy Humpday,' because that's excluding other days of the week!" And this is what conservatives sound like.

[@LeeUnderground]

I’m Pagan but my family celebrates Christmas (also my mom isn’t very religious) I still say merry Christmas to my family. Anyways Happy Holidays all and so excited for the sinmus

[@starsiadraws]

It makes me so happy to see people openly Pagan! I was taught to keep my Wiccan beliefs secret when I was younger because people would hate/outcast me. I'm mostly agnostic now, but it warms my heart that others can feel safe being openly Pagan. :)

[@notfamedtvpersonalitydrphil]

I’m also pagan but my parents aren’t :P they won’t let me have candles or matches in my room 😭

[@LeeUnderground]

@@notfamedtvpersonalitydrphil I’m not allowed candles in my room only cause my mom doesn’t want the house to catch on fire cause I’d definitely forget to blow out a candle

[@basementintruder]

I'm from Québec, which was historically catholic and celebrates Christmas, but the religious aspect of it is mostly forgotten due to the population not actively practicing catholicism. Here we say "Joyeuses fêtes", which is happy holidays and... it works because even if you're looking at it from a strictly Christian POV, there are 2 holidays?!? Christmas and New Years? It's literally a non-issue.

[@Lu13s]

Honestly I don't get why 'Happy holidays' is wrong. I always say it because it includes all the holidays and it's easier than saying 'Merry Christmas and Happy New years.' lol Edit: I used to work at a dollar tree and we would put out our christmas stuff around October. Right after Halloween stuff in September/August.

[@cronchybo]

why do we keep waging war on nouns

[@Wwhdduendjdhhfmwosdn]

@Lorde Cthuwu and adjectives!

[@AnnamarieForcino]

i have beef with prepositions

[@cronchybo]

@@AnnamarieForcino those adverbs get on my nerves

[@theunderstatement6842]

i'm anti-qualifiers and proud!!!!!!!!!

[@mafuyutism]

At this rate, they'll go after prefixes!

[@kudosforkai888]

annamarie, as a bisexual, I can proudly say i've never been more attracted to the words "hell yeah" in my years. thank you for existing.

[@andreafink738]

As a former Christian I can say this: my favorite camp game to play as a kid was called underground church. It was based on Roman times when Christian’s were being killed. You had to be a Christian in secret and try not to get caught or you were out. The way I was taught was that Christian’s are still that oppressed today and we always have to be ready to defend our beliefs against the whole world who was supposedly against us. They love that narrative, it takes out all of the horrific things they have done in the name of conversion to their religion.

[@grizzleknowsbest]

I got a 5 minutes Prager U commercial at the ad break.... so meta 🤯

[@johnwalker1058]

What's kinda funny to me about this is that when I was still a Christian myself, me and some other Christians I knew went back and forth between wishing people "Merry Christmas" and wishing people "Happy Holidays" interchangeably. This was because we were using the phrase "Happy Holidays" to be a catch-all for Christmas and New Year's, or if uttered in November, a catch-all for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.

[@aquamarine13yt]

What I find so funny, is that you can also say both “merry Christmas and happy holidays” and that’s totally fine too! Also I accidentally slipped and got nervous and said merry Christmas instead of happy holidays back to someone after they said happy holidays cuz it’s what I normally say and I have anxiety so I wasn’t thinking but yeah they were chill and it’s really not that big of a deal to use happy holidays and merry Christmas it’s really about wishing people a, well, happy holiday. Whatever holiday/s they celebrate. At the end of the day if it bothers you that much, it’s not like you have to choose you can legit say both, people aren’t gonna know from face value what your religion is 90% of the time

[@criminallyautistic8372]

I've seen this. "Merry is offensive" how?! And I'm a Christian and even I didn't know about the other holidays till this video. Thanks for the info.

[@nikkialkema1032]

I thought it was happy holidays because christmas is multiple days, but multiple holidays makes way more sence.

[@cam4636]

@@nikkialkema1032 Uh...I mean if you wanted to get technical, there's Christmas traditions that last anywhere from one day to four weeks, but...no, Christmas is usually considered one specific day and the whole point of Happy Holidays is that other people exist

[@ElariaFlori]

That lesbian fan has me feeling all different shades of envy holy shit I need

[@laurat1728]

The war on christmas just resulted in me not wishing customers anything in December. I didn't want to deal with someone throwing a fit if I said "happy holidays"

[@KealohaHarrison]

It’s funny that Prager mentioned Irving Berlin wrote White Christmas and several other Christmas songs even though he was Jewish, but he didn’t mention the fact that Berlin also wrote another beloved Christmas song around the same time that completely dismisses Prager’s argument and it’s LITERALLY called Happy Holidays

[@InsertUsernameHere-co1uv]

As someone who non-religiously celebrates Christmas and who's family religiously celebrates Christmas, I tend to wish people (who I don't know the specific holiday/religion of) happy holidays because I have a ton of non-Christian friends who have had to put up being told to celebrate a holiday they're uncomfortable with and don't want to add to that, anyway as that, if I wished someone happy holidays and they loudly (as I suppose Pooger does) "MERRY CHRISTMAS" I wouldn't be uncomfortable because of "bias training" I'd be uncomfortable because they're probably a dick and... weird. Anyway. Happy holidays everyone :)))))

[@angellane1848]

you forgot the most important December holiday of all: my birthday

[@idklol1233-u7z]

Happy birthday bestie

[@angellane1848]

@@idklol1233-u7z thank you 😽

[@AnnamarieForcino]

happy birthday!

[@angellane1848]

@@AnnamarieForcino thank you 🙏 😭

[@KittenIzza]

Imagine losing the war on christmas, after stealing the holiday in the first place.

[@roerose4449]

jus like the emu wars in australia frfr

[@gregorehorror]

I'm not a big Christmas person due to trauma, but oh my goodness I'm excited for your commentaries 😊

[@katherineejessup]

When someone says merry Christmas to me after I’ve said happy holidays, it creates no tension. I usually cheerfully reply merry Christmas like wtf I’ve never experienced or seen anyone else experience this. Fake news 😂

[@transnightwalker7973]

For me this is always about the tone people use. I’ve had people tell me “Merry Christmas” so aggressively they might as well have told me to go f*** myself. If someone says “Merry Christmas” as just a kind greeting and it’s said kindly, I’ll return a “same to you” with a smile. I don’t honestly say either as I’m not big on “the holidays” to start with but it’s all in the tone for me at this time of year. Also, almost died laughing at “Come back when you have an actual problem” line!

[@elleembee6335]

I always say thank you. If they're nice, I'll smile when I do so. But I've been harassed about Christmas, when I don't celebrate, for decades. I just don't engage. People, who have an axe to grind over something so miniscule, don't deserve that space in my mind or day. You are very kind with your response.

[@novarachnid]

I grew up in New England and your accent always makes me smile. I haven’t been back in a long time.

[@carmelfrappe7456]

I never thought someone would take it this deep

[@mxmissy]

When I used to work retail, I would say Happy Holidays and this was between 2016 - 2017, like because yeah, not everyone celebrates Christmas and that's cool. But if someone says "Merry Christmas" I'd say "you too!" like even though I celebrate it (as a non-Christian) I'm not going to scream "SOME PEOPLE DON'T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS VERA!" Like, yeah it'd be nice, but I'm not going to burn you at the stake for saying it.

[@kaylaplasch2922]

At most of my schools we called it winter break instead of Christmas break.

[@jordannone2827]

Annamarie, I'm so happy to see you. Thank you for blessing us this Sinmas

[@certifiedboghopper9622]

21:33 “we’re gonna react to all I want for christmas is prager u” I thought it was about to be an edit of dennis prager singing the mariah carey classic and when I tell you I was HYPED 😭

[@Matty__niice]

Punching Santa at the Christmas party is absolutely what’s happening

[@SodaPressingTV]

I've gotten into the habit of figuring out exactly which holiday is what day in December to counter the "It's MERRY CHRISTMAS" with the greeting for the exact holiday the day is, people started to backpedal really fast when I started doing that and I get to learn about holidays I didn't really know about before: a win-win situation in my opinion.

[@jotunn30]

As Annamarie said most people with real problems don’t give a damn about this lol and i too always thought that “happy holidays” was just a way to be concise and include everythingg

[@carolinaherrera69420]

as a hispanic person im happy you at least tried to pronounce it XD they didnt add the tilde on the n so it would be harder for non native speakers to read it. its pronounced poh-sah-dah navi-denya ^_^

[@tammyquinn8709]

Working in retail, I can tell you Christmas is alive and well. I personally don't wish customers any thing other than have a nice day. I can also say that some of my worst customers where a cross around their neck.

[@A_Ducky]

Y'know what this video (Pragerman) made me wanna do? Make it so that EVERYONE has to properly guess my religion and gimme a gift on the proper day for my religious holiday. Otherwise I'm gonna be so offended I'm gonna post it on every social media, then unfriend, then make a video. I'll fill my echo chamber with trashtalk about anyone who doesn't! And I won't tell them what religion I am.. just to fuck with them that much more. Let's *all* be so petty as Mr. Pragerman! ------ P.S. although I live in USA, where I'm originally from - Bosnia & Herzegovina - saying "Happy Holidays" means: - Happy Catholic Christmas on Dec. 25th - Happy New Years (it's BIG! often 3 days party. Basically, it connects the 2 Christmases around it so you don't get sober from Dec 24 to Jan 7-8 or thereabouts.. with very little memory of what transpired but 20lbs heavier) - Happy Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 6th + - if Muslim Bajram/Eid falls in Dec/Jan then it includes that as well (Bajram/Eid are 2 moving holidays. Mr. Pragerman is gonna love this game ☺️).

[@tewbie2517]

I had a very similar experience with my mom the past few weeks. As u probably don’t know, my mom is very religious (Christian) and she said something about her manager complaining about having to say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”. I reassured her that she doesn’t HAVE to do or say anything but it would be more accepting but she went on about it for weeks. AND WERE ONLY IN THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER! It’s kinda sad about how parents are so intolerant that they try to teach kids to be like them too.

[@Sicara91]

I think it really boils down to they think that including others makes them have less of a thing. Including other holiday somehow makes Christmas less important. They do this with so many subjects and it is all the same though process. Also I was surprised at the list you had of December holidays because I didn't realize how many different Catholic and Christian holidays were in December. I know of several other holidays from other religions and beliefs but I hadn't heard of a lot of those.

[@percy9250]

PragerU, more like PragerEW

[@notagutterrat]

Conservatives really say shit like "asking me to respect trans people's pronouns is you trying to control my thoughts and speech!! Telling me what to say is un-American!" but then someone wishes them a happy holidays and they start whining and crying like "YOU need to wish ME a MERRY CHRISTMAS!! YOU HAVE TO! How dare you tell ME happy holidays!!"

[@dustyyshellz1320]

This guys insane, I work at petsmart and heard “merry Christmas” like 20 times today lmfao I’m in NY too, not a conservative place

[@october7895]

As an Australian our 'Christmas Holidays' are also our 'Summer Holidays' and there's literally no confusion, we just call it the Holidays, idk why Americans have such a weird Christmas fit. I'm sure there's also right leaning Aussies like this too tho

[@tunahan4418]

I've never heard flight attendants or whatever say "merry Christmas", that's some goofy American Christmas movie thing

[@iamnothere0926]

The fact that i am already so excited to be losing my sanity with you every day of those 12 days