Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly often talks about the “war” against Christmas. But he has never mentioned the war against Festivus.
What is Festivus? If you don’t know, then it proves that this holiday has been frozen out by the new and old media. Watch the video below for a primer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ip9ZCIM9gJoe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.