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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The War on Christmas

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, do you say the word anymore? Are you wishing friends happy “holidays”? Are your kids getting ready to go on “winter” break? Maybe you’re an unwitting casualty in the “War on Christmas.”

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By Madeleine Brand • Dec 4, 2015 • 1 min read

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, do you say the word anymore? Are you wishing friends happy “holidays”? Are your kids getting ready to go on “winter” break? Maybe you’re an unwitting casualty in the “War on Christmas.”

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Matt Holzman

    Producer, 'The Document'

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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