{"id":2525483,"date":"2025-12-27T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concha-says-people-can-say-merry-christmas-again-under-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T12:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T17:08:59","slug":"concha-says-people-can-say-merry-christmas-again-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concha-says-people-can-say-merry-christmas-again-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Concha says people can say \u2018merry Christmas\u2019 again under Trump\u00a0"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fconcha-says-people-can-say-merry-christmas-again-under-trump%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=2525483&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>Joe Concha, a Washington Examiner columnist, told Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters Primetime that Christmas should not be politicized as it brings peopel together. he argued that President Trump&#8217;s first 11 months in office have produced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelly-osbourne-f-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"Kelly Osbourne: \u2018F*** Cancel Culture\u2019\">cultural shifts<\/a> that make it easier for people to say &#8220;merry Christmas&#8221; again instead of using more neutral greetings like &#8220;happy holidays.&#8221; Concha criticized social media for fostering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scared-student-finds-her-courage-when-classmates-mock-kirks-fatherless-children-then-she-takes-matters-into-her-own-hands\/\" title=\"Watch: Scared Student Finds Her Courage When Classmates Mock Kirk&#039;s Fatherless Children - Then She Takes Matters Into Her Own Hands\">toxic surroundings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cited high\u2011profile incidents<\/a> and polls he sees as evidence of increased hostility and tolerance for extreme rhetoric. He also pushed back against claims that Trump is authoritarian, noting the president&#8217;s lighthearted public moments-such as participating in NORAD Santa calls and other self\u2011deprecating gestures-as counterexamples to that narrative.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Joe Concha says people can say &lsquo;merry Christmas&rsquo; again under Trump&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2452757\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said Christmas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-media-will-debunk-trumps-debate-claims-then-brings-out-debunked-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier-quote\/\" title=\"Biden Says Media Will Debunk Trump&#039;s Debate Claims ... Then Brings Out Debunked &#039;Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier&#039; Quote\">shouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t be political because it is a holiday that brings people together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christmas\/\">Christmas<\/a> is like being for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicine\/\">shingles<\/a>,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>. &ldquo;There are some things that are so easy in terms of common sense [and] some things just shouldn&rsquo;t be political.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3918618\/musicians-spoke-out-trump-administration-music-copyright-use\/\">Musicians who spoke out against the Trump administration for using their music<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4361959\/jimmy-kimmel-tyranny-booming-us-alternative-christmas-message\/\">Jimmy Kimmel says tyranny is &lsquo;booming&rsquo; 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top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha said that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> has made cultural shifts in his first 11 months in office that allow people to say &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361812\/trump-sends-special-merry-christmas-message-radical-left-scum\/\">merry Christmas<\/a>&rdquo; again, instead of the &ldquo;politically correct stuff&rdquo; such as &ldquo;happy holidays.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not just the economic accomplishments of Trump that we could talk about or the foreign policy issues we could talk about or obviously what we&rsquo;ve seen at the border, but it&rsquo;s the cultural shifts that we&rsquo;ve seen,&rdquo; Concha said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Where people can say that they are a Trump supporter or to say &lsquo;merry Christmas&rsquo; and that is where we are at this point, and that&rsquo;s one of the accomplishments in the first 11 months of his second term,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha said Christmas is supposed to be a time where people come together, despite their differences, to celebrate the holiday, but that this is no longer the case due to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, with social media, you see the toxic stew &hellip; people just spewing hate for half the country,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;And we saw it this year, unfortunately, with Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s assassination and other things where you would say, &lsquo;hey, that&rsquo;s wrong.&rsquo;&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha argued that people are not calling things out as &ldquo;wrong,&rdquo; pointing to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3376187\/shock-study-reveals-assassination-culture-spreading-left\/\">polls that show <\/a>people support <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3902686\/luigi-mangione-lawyers-ask-block-evidence-unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder-trial\/\">Luigi Mangione<\/a> for allegedly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3249314\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shot-killed-manhattan\/\">shooting UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a scary place right now from the left in terms of the things that they say and what they think they&rsquo;re on a higher moral plane for,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And it&rsquo;s just incredible.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha criticized people on the left for calling Trump &ldquo;authoritarian&rdquo; and said that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-america-wasnt-founded-by-immigrants\/\" title=\"No, America Wasn&#039;t &#039;Founded&#039; By Immigrants\">narrative isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t working,&rdquo; pointing to Trump taking part in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361757\/trump-laughs-children-ask-cookies-coal-annual-santa-claus-calls\/\">NORAD Santa Claus calls<\/a> with children on Christmas Eve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/4356576\/gen-z-christian-resurgence-worth-celebrating-christmas\/\"><strong>GEN Z&rsquo;S CHRISTIAN RESURGENCE IS WORTH CELEBRATING THIS CHRISTMAS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I always found it interesting that the left can call him authoritarian or a fascist or Hitler, and then you see him working the drive-through at McDonald&rsquo;s or wearing a garbage chute during the campaign,&rdquo; Concha said&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then you&rsquo;re like &lsquo;wait a minute, I&rsquo;m pretty sure that narrative isn&rsquo;t working&rsquo; when you see a guy who can be self-deprecating and do the moments we see at West Palm Beach,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concha: &#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217; OK Again Under Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2525484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25358811713163.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38157,35301,47287,32171,3634],"class_list":["post-2525483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conservative-media","tag-culture-wars","tag-merry-christmas","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25358811713163.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525487,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525483\/revisions\/2525487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2525484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2525483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2525483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}