The war on Sarah Palin's Christmas book (+video)

News that Sarah Palin is writing a book about Christmas has led to an explosion of comment in social-media spaces. Here are the most likely ramifications of this Palin development.

By Peter Grier,?Staff writer / March 12, 2013

Sarah Palin will be releasing her third book in November, criticizing the commercialism and homogenization of Christmas.

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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Yes, Sarah Palin is writing a book about Christmas. The former Alaska governor has inked a deal with HarperCollins to produce ?A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas,? scheduled for November release. The semi-memoir will include details of Palin Christmases past while criticizing the ?over-commercialism? and ?homogenization? of Christmas, according to a publisher news release.

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?This will be a fun, festive, thought provoking book, which will encourage all to see what is possible when we unite in defense of our faith and ignore the politically correct Scrooges who would rather take Christ out of Christmas,? Ms. Palin said in a statement released by her publishers.

As you might imagine, this development has led to an explosion of comment in America?s social-media spaces. Given the unrestrained nature of electronic communication, much of this discussion has been less than profound. It ranges from Sarah supporters chanting ?2016! 2016!? to opponents expressing gratitude that something will soon fill empty remainder bins at the remaining brick-and-mortar Barnes & Noble stores.

Calm down, everybody. Neither nirvana nor the apocalypse has arrived. Let?s run through the most likely ramifications of this fizzy development.

Christmas won't change. Conservatives such as Bill O?Reilly have been railing against the War on Christmas for years. It?s a Fox News staple once fall wanes. A quick search for ?war on Christmas? books produces a lengthy list including John Gibson?s ?The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought,? published in 2005.

Yet over-commercialization starts earlier every year. Retail chains have become ever-more dependent on holiday-season shopping. Palin might have better success sparking a political revolt against the war on Thanksgiving. Squeezed between Halloween candy and costume sales and Black Friday shopping sprees, the simple family turkey dinner of yore is truly endangered.

Palin's not coming back. She's always been right here. Some pundits are putting two and two together and getting political comeback. Palin?s got a new book coming out, and she?s been given an extra-long speaking time at this week?s Conservative Political Action Conference.

?Could it be time for a mini-comeback? You betcha,? writes Daily Beast D.C. bureau chief and veteran Washington pundit Howard Kurtz.

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