{"id":2525207,"date":"2025-12-26T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-squeaks-in-to-win-absolute-dumbest-news-story-of-2025-says-the-right-is-turning-christmas-into-a-christian-civilization-holiday\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:53:08","slug":"politico-squeaks-in-to-win-absolute-dumbest-news-story-of-2025-says-the-right-is-turning-christmas-into-a-christian-civilization-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-squeaks-in-to-win-absolute-dumbest-news-story-of-2025-says-the-right-is-turning-christmas-into-a-christian-civilization-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Squeaks in to Win Absolute Dumbest &#8216;News&#8217; Story of 2025 &#8211; Says the Right Is Turning Christmas Into a &#8216;Christian Civilization&#8217; Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitico-squeaks-in-to-win-absolute-dumbest-news-story-of-2025-says-the-right-is-turning-christmas-into-a-christian-civilization-holiday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2525207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This opinion piece responds to a Politico article that argued far-right parties in Europe have &#8220;co-opted&#8221; Christmas and recast it as a marker of a threatened Christian civilization. The author notes Politico&#8217;s Hannah Roberts says right-wing groups are using the holiday to oppose left\u2011wing multiculturalism and secular language (e.g., &#8220;holiday season&#8221;), and cites figures and parties such as Italy&#8217;s Giorgia Meloni, France&#8217;s National Rally, and Spain&#8217;s Vox.the Western Journal piece rejects the idea that Christmas has been stolen, emphasizing that it is inherently a Christian festivity and arguing that conservative parties are justified in defending its Christian character against what the writer portrays as secularizing left-wing elites and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senator-pushes-sanders-to-oppose-green-card-giveaway-in-dem-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Republican Senator Pushes Sanders To Oppose Green Card Giveaway in Dem Spending Bill\">large-scale migration<\/a>. The article is highly critical of Politico&#8217;s framing-calling it ignorant and overstated-and presents the politicization of Christmas as a necessary pushback to preserve European Christian heritage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Politico is sounding the alarm about Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>On the day before one of Christianity&rsquo;s holiest celebrations, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/how-far-right-stole-christmas-culture-war-christian-civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beltway-based news outlet<\/a> decided Americans needed to know &mdash; as its cutting-edge journalism reveals &mdash; that this holiday is one celebrated by Christians, heralding it as the cornerstone of the ideals they look to to preserve civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Well, yes. That&rsquo;s apparent to anyone with a pulse.<\/p>\n<p>The author Hannah Roberts is careful to avoid saying Christmas is not Christian, but says the holiday has been co-opted by &ldquo;far-right parties,&rdquo; and now serves as a &ldquo;marker of Christian civilization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Co-opted from what exactly? Christmas is a celebration of the birth of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>That was its purpose for its existence, and still is.<\/p>\n<p>The article is more about Europe&rsquo;s relationship with the holiday, mentioning political parties on the right and their deployment of Christmas to cast themselves as antithetical to a wave of leftist multicultural dogma sweeping the continent.<\/p>\n<p>As Roberts puts it, &ldquo;Far-right parties are claiming the festive season as their own, recasting Christmas as a marker of Christian civilization that is under threat and positioning themselves as its last line of defense against a supposedly hostile, secular left.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Citing names like conservative Italian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/giorgia-meloni-torches-uns-lgbt-agenda-instead-introduces-policy-christians-will-celebrate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giorgia Meloni<\/a> along with French parties like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-outrage-erupts-french-judge-bans-leading-right-wing-presidential-candidate-running-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Rally<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-spains-far-right-vox-party-allies-with-mainstream-rivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vox<\/a> in Spain, Roberts argues that political forces on the right are politicizing the holiday in place of efforts to &ldquo;dilute it,&rdquo; as they wish to bolster its Christian character in the face of &ldquo;religious imagery with neutral seasonal language.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Roberts admits the utility of such plans, stating plainly that Europe&rsquo;s left cannot champion Christmas in the same manner because it would appear in opposition to their messaging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That strategy benefits from the left&rsquo;s discomfort with religion in public life. Progressive parties and institutions, including the EU, have tried to emphasize inclusivity by using neutral phrases like &lsquo;holiday season,&rsquo; which for the far-right amounts to cultural self-loathing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In summary, right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-launches-task-force-to-investigate-attacks-targeting-tesla-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"FBI launches task force to investigate attacks targeting Tesla ... Washington Examiner\">-wing political parties<\/a> have made a stern defense of Christmas a part of their platform as they correctly sense that leftists look to destroy it in service of hordes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-can-spot-german-cities-added-christmas-markets-muslim-migrants-flooded-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim immigrants<\/a> and nihilists with a secular worldview.<\/p>\n<p>If Roberts is saying the right is to blame, and Christmas should be left alone as is, then she is pointing the finger in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas cannot be left alone when Europe shuns its Christian heritage.<\/p>\n<p>When waves of Muslims flood the continent and leftists look to appease their backward, violent tendencies, Christmas &mdash; the birth of Christ &mdash; needs champions to defend it.<\/p>\n<p>That larger point goes above Roberts&rsquo; message here.<\/p>\n<p>Her &ldquo;news&rdquo; story &mdash; under the ludicrous headline &ldquo;How the far right stole Christmas&rdquo; &mdash; mostly amounts to what can be categorized as &ldquo;leftist discovers that&hellip;&rdquo; It&rsquo;s an admission of ignorance about basic facts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>It is reminiscent of when left-wing political commentator Kyle Kulinski &mdash; host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >aptly named progressive podcast &#038;ldquo<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCldfgbzNILYZA4dmDt4Cd6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secular Talk<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; decided in 2019 to take to the social media platform X (then known as Twitter) to express amazement that land in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-dismisses-swing-state-voters-by-opposing-electoral-college\/\" title=\"Walz Dismisses Swing State Voters By Opposing Electoral College\">flyover country&#038;rdquo<\/a>; is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/blog\/brittany-m-hughes\/populist-left-youtuber-mystified-sight-farms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">divided into individual farms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Guy who has a Green New Deal pinned has no clue what agriculture is or how middle America economics work.<\/p>\n<p>Makes perfect sense<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1191334222381953025?\">November 4, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Christmas is a Christian holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Food comes from farms.<\/p>\n<p>Politico arguably wrote the dumbest news story of the year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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