Ho, ho, ho, mate

The war on Christmas has officially begun. In case you missed it, the first story about offensive yuletide traditions bubbled out from down under, where "Ho, ho, ho" was banned for usage by street Santas because it could be seen as a slur to "women":

Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday

Actually, that sentence itself should be offensive to all women not named Velvet Jones. And we thought only their Imams were crazy.

It's early, but I think this calls for a can of Larry...