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\"Charlie<\/a>

Charlie Brown and Linus Van Pelt witness the commercialization of Christmas in the form of aluminum, mass-produced Christmas trees. In an attempt to push back against the sanctification of mass consumption, Charlie Brown opts for a small wooden tree, and gets called a “blockhead” for his troubles.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you think that the idea of Christmas commercialism is something new, then you haven’t checked out the 19th century recently. Follow this link to Salon<\/em> where I discuss why the “War on Christmas” is utterly bogus.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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