Because nothing says “Christmas” quite like shrubbery decorated so as to resemble a glowing electric penis.

Robert Earl Keen — Merry Christmas From The Family.

It’s December 1st and time to kick off the annual Late Late Night FDL pushback against all those traditional Christmas songs we have been hearing since Halloween. I’ve been scouring YouTube for the past couple of weeks trying to amass a collection of old and new non-traditional songs but I’m sure that I’ve missed some great tunes. Drop a link to your favorites in the comments and it just might get featured in a future LLN post.

The right is winning the War On Christmas… but which side of it are they on?

‘Tis the Season of Christmas, and all ‘cross the ‘nets
Wingnuts are whining — ’tis what they do best.

Since we’ve all been hit with the holidaze, thought a little getting to know you quiz might be a fun way to shake off the mistletoe-jam. Here goes…

Somebody’s been into the holiday liqueur too early, too heavy. Kathryn Jean Lopez, NRO “Editor,” spills cherry wine-cooler on the carpet and thinks the stain looks like Bush tongue kissing St. Joseph. Then she writes a column about it! Will the last Bush cultist please turn out the lights?

Since returning from the NRO Cruise, K-Lo and the usual gang of niwits have been rattling the tin cup for alms for the brain bereft.

I swear, War On Christmas season just gets earlier every year. The Dobsonites can’t even wait for Thanksgiving.

Building upon something that Watertiger mentioned below, Bush’s budget allocation for the military in FY2009 alone is off the charts…but it is even worse than that, as Fred Kaplan explains:…the real size is not, as many news stories have reported, $515.4 billion—itself a staggering sum—but, rather, $713.1 billion.Before deconstructing this budget, let us consider just how massive it is.

Iran’s such a Scaaaary Eeeeevil Place that Christians can openly worship there. Not only that, but they celebrate Christmas there, driving around Christmas-themed art cars just like some of us do here. They used to be able to celebrate Christmas openly in Iraq, too, but that was back before Bush invaded the country.

Go to Photo Activists for Peace (h/t Newshoggers) and check out the pictures of Christmas in Iran.