I suppose the fast is a "celebration" in the strictest and oldest sense of the word, but I still can't help picturing all the non-Muslims in the White House circling around their hapless colleagues' desks gnawing on hambones and chanting, "Celebrate good times, come on!"

I was surprised the other day not to hear Jon Stewart celebrate the closing of Willow Creek and other megachurches as a victory in his own personal War on Christmas, but I guess that story was a sleeper until the NYT picked it up today. Maybe he'll hit it next week.