You have to remember, a lot of American Christians are descended from European Christians who were so extreme and weird that no one wanted them around, so they fled to the Americas to escape “persecution.” So, these Christian persecution complexes go way back. They’re a part of our history. Well, not all of ours, but some.

it's another dumb American thing?

Yes, it's an annual tradition at this point.

I saw a message under a German post about how you can't call it a "Weihnachtsmarkt" anymore. But I think that might have been a bot, because it's pretty damn obvious that that's bullshit.