And a very Merry Christmas to you, too, Phoenix.

A Salvation Army bell ringer in Phoenix appears to be first casualty in the War on Christmas.

Kristina Vindiola says a woman hit her outside the Wal-Mart on 91st Avenue and Thomas Road after she said “Happy Holidays.”

“The lady looked at me,” said Vindiola. “I thought she was going to put money in the kettle. She came up to me and said, ‘Do you believe in God?’ And she says, ‘You’re supposed to say Merry Christmas,’ and that’s when she hit me.”

She was going to slap the devil right out of that Holiday crap.

You know, I’ve often wondered what kind of pressure came about to cause these folks to change their hotel chain name to Holiday.

Think we can get the religious right to go protest them not calling it the Christmas Inn?

Or at least start the rumor that it used to be the Christmas Inn and see how long it takes Fox News to headline the story.

Thanks to TexasTrailerParkTrash for the heads up.