Wir Glauben Ans Christkind

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010

France has Pere Noel, Germany has der Weihnachtsmann and the former Soviet Union's got Grandfather Frost, but the true American Santa was born from Coca-Cola ads, and his omnipresence at this time of year is really ticking some Europeans off. A group of Austrians recently formed the Pro-Christkind Association to persuade others to replace the jolly old man with the traditional baby Jesus. Brian also asks, are Catholic principle and American ethics inherently incompatible?

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