Tell Grinchy Liberal Idiots to Stop Trying to Ruin Christmas

by Kim D.

Miserable progressive idiots can't leave Christmas alone. In school my son will have a Winter Party with his friends, even though the games, snacks, and crafts will have everything to do with celebrating Christmas. Now liberals are attacking the advent calendar he loves.

On December 1st, my little one was so excited to open the first window of his Lego City Advent Calendar and build his first creation (two snowmen). It's the first thing he does in the morning before beginning the search for his elf Noah (yeah, we do Elf on the Shelf too). Well, Vox says advent calendars are bad and reminiscent of Nazis.

Advent calendars (in one form or another) were adapted some time in the 19th century by German Lutherans as a way to mark the days of the season leading up to Christmas. By the early 20th century, calendars were being manufactured and published in Germany, aimed at delighting kids during the holidays.

In a chilling development, when Nazi Germany attempted to change Christmas from a religious holiday to an occasion to praise the fatherland (Jesus’s Jewish origins being troublesome for Nazis’ racist ideology), it latched onto the Advent calendar as a way of inculcating loyalty into children. In 1943, a full-color calendar was produced by the Third Reich for distribution to German mothers; it included, among other things, designs that incorporated swastikas and other Nazi symbols. On one day, it has pictures that appear to tell the traditional Christmas story — Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus in the manger — but the story that accompanies the images is about a woodcutter, a soldier, and a king who get lost in the woods and encounter a woman with a baby who has wise words for them.

Sigh.