Fanatical Apathy · Notes from the War on Holidays
Some comedian - and I’m 98% sure it was the great Tony V - said “Happy Holidays” to the crowd. And one guy, out in the audience off towards stage right… booed. That’s right, a guy booed “Happy Holidays.” Swear to god.
Most of the crowd was perplexed. Even among East Coast, hyper-informed Boston comedy fans, there are not all that many people who live inside the bubble of the Hatfield-McCoy Appalachia that is cable news. In fact, if the reason for the booing was readily apparent to you, be warned - you’re inside that bubble.
Tony handled it beautifully, and used the moment to segue into a great riff about Christmas. I’d be willing to bet that he’d run up against it before.
“It” is the new, virulent anger against the idea of saying “Happy Holidays” - which is to some people as horrifying and awful as some commie trying to sneak a “Season’s Greetings” by you - which is in turn as bad as a hearty, happy “Fuck Jesus!” apparently. It’s a sign that you hate Christmas and Christianity and the Constitution and the principles that our nation was founded upon. It’s a sign that you hate America, just like the President of the United States.
I love me some Adam Felber, I really do.
