It’s been a few days since we last checked in with Bill O’Reilly and his clearly unhealthy Christmas fixation, but there were a few developments that warrant attention. And probably some professional help for poor Bill.<\/p>\n
O’Reilly, for example, told his radio audience a few days ago that there are no “spiritual” Christmas stamps<\/a> available from the Post Office this year.<\/p>\n “I think it’s the first time in my lifetime that the United States Postal Service has not had a spiritual stamp for people like you who would like them. And, again, disrespectful. Flat-out disrespectful, insulting you and your beliefs, [caller], because your spiritual stamp is in context to the celebration of Christmas. And we gotta stop that, and we will.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’m not sure how O’Reilly defines “spiritual,” but the stamp of “Madonna and child<\/a>” doesn’t exactly look secular to me. <\/p>\n The same day, O’Reilly told his TV and radio audiences<\/a> that a school district in Texas told students they couldn’t wear red and green because they were Christmas colors,” which he described as “fascism.” The local superintendent issued a statement explaining that the school district “does not restrict students or staff from wearing certain color clothes during holiday times or any other school days,” and added that the district’s attorney has requested that O’Reilly retract the statement. They’re still waiting.<\/p>\n And as if these weren’t enough, O’Reilly also told his followers<\/a> that officials in a Michigan town had announced their opposition to clothing with Christmas colors.<\/p>\n “In Saginaw, Michigan, the township opposes red and green clothing on anyone. [Laughing] In Saginaw Township, they basically said, ‘Anybody, we don’t want you to wear red or green.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n