Christmas as a weapon - "designed to irritate the Cuban government" [View All]

[KurtNYC]

The display at the US interests section - so-called because the United States and Cuba do not have diplomatic relations - includes a huge white Santa Claus, an image of galloping reindeer and a flashing sign wishing Cubans a Happy Christmas.
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The BBC's Stephen Gibbs in the capital, Havana, says the display does seem designed to irritate the Cuban government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4097367.stm

Whatever tensions there are between Cuba and the US aside, why are we using Christmas as a weapon? Some on the Right claim to want to put "Christ back into Christmas" but will there be room for the Prince of Peace if Christmas is used both here and abroad as something to start a fight over? Or is making Christmas the center of a battle really what they are after.

Hey, what smells like theocracy?