If youre keeping score at home about whether or not a War on Christmas is going on in this country, it looks like you can add another tally to the Yes side: Historically black churches in the South keep getting burned down. Yep, this ones pretty much an open-and-shut case. Sure, its easy to write off the War on Christmas as hyperbolic, but from Briar Creek Road Baptist Church in North Carolina to Gods Power Church of Christ in Georgia, 2015 has seen multiple fires intentionally set to predominately black churches. Its pretty difficult to say that there isnt something going on when stuff like this keeps happening. Just look at the facts: Cashiers now say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Nativity scenes are being removed from city halls. Churches where members of the African-American community go to celebrate their faith are getting deliberately burned down. And of course, who can forget the recent Starbucks red cup fiasco? This isnt the first time these types of churches have been burned down, either. With a little digging, youll discover that its clear that they have been targeted and purposely set ablaze for decades, going back well before the 1960s! The phrase War on Christmas is a fairly recent addition to our lexicon, but when you look at the long history of terror that has been waged against black churches, it definitely seems like a war has been going on for much longereven before people started saying Winter Break. Whatever that is. Oh, and just last month, the FBI arrested two men who were planning to bomb a primarily black church. Of course, we understand that not everyone celebrates Christmas, but isnt this going just a little too far? With the holiday season coming up, youll hear a lot of people dismiss the War on Christmas as a right-wing talking point. But the next time you hear someone say Happy Holidays or read about a predominantly black church burning down, maybe youll think twice. 