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ON 30 March 2018, the Secular Coalition for America published an article reporting that the Trump administration was planning to construct a monument hailing the end of the War on Christmas: Of course, no such monument has been planned or announced. The article was merely a spoof from the Secular Coalition for America, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to amplifying the diverse and growing voice of the nontheistic community in the United States, that poked fun at the current U.S. political climate and the so-called War on Christmas -- a supposed liberal movement to strip the December holiday season of all religious significance, along with any mention of Christmas itself, in favor of a highly commercialized, secular, and generic winter holiday. The japing article was clearly identified as an April Fool's Day prank, but because that disclaimer fell at the bottom of the page, the information was presented in a rather dry and official format, and the article was published two days before April 1, many readers didn't catch on that it was merely a seasonal joke -- and that its seasonal aspect is associated with a particular day in April, not one in December.
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