On Monday, December 17, reason hosted a "Very Special, Very Secular Christmas Party" at its Washington, D.C. headquarters.
The evening's special event was a dramatic reading of Tom Lehrer's "Chris...
On Monday, December 17, reason hosted a "Very Special, Very Secular Christmas Party" at its Washington, D.C. headquarters.
The evening's special event was a dramatic reading of Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Carol" by Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, Why Orwell Matters, No One Left to Lie To, and many other books.
"It may have struck you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's a big relationship between this marvelous time of year and living in a one-party state," Hitchens told the overflow crowd of 250. "You can't go anywhere without listening to the same music. You can't go anywhere without hearing the name of the Great Leader, and his son, the Dear Leader....All broadcasts, all songs, all jokes, all references are, just for that magic few weeks, just exactly like living in...North Korea."
We at reason celebrate the holidays in many different ways (some of us not at all) and extend our best wishes to all for a joyous and happy new year.
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Yikes, Thunderf00t can out-carol old Hitch with one tonsil tied behind his back. Take the eyeglasses out of your mouth and push those pipes, Chris! And Happy Xmas!
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That's funny:)
There's a video of Thunderf00t singing? How about an atheist caroling event? Adorable.
A Scrooge is someone who leaves Christmas alone and expects it to leave him alone in turn.
A Cromwell tries to have his own opinion of the holidays enforced by the state.