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Not meaning to slam you, bro...but the first thought I had upon reading your post was "Grinch".

Okay, so it's taxpayer dollars helping to fund this. Big fat hairy deal. I'd rather have my tax dollars spent on THIS than supporting some welfare-weenie and his booze/drug habit.

This surely can't cost THAT much, can it? If you average it out, I'll just bet it's MUCH LESS than a dollar per US taxpayer. What'll that buy, a stick of gum? I hate government waste, but I am not worried about this. It's once a year, it's good PR for the military, and it's HARMLESS.

(Besides...NORAD is a joint Canadian-American operation. The Canucks are paying for it as well.)

Merry Christmas, sir, and may God bless you.

Not grinch at all. Choosing rather to focus on the 'reason for the season' if you will than Santa Claus. As I said, I have no problem with Santa Claus. I have no problem with people believing in Santa Claus. However for the national government to choose to embrace this tradition, up to and including a complete waste of tax dollars for the past 48 years, is a little over the top. Or does NORAD have nothing better to do?

The other issue is that people will readily embrace a man in a suit with 8 flying reindeer and somehow have a problem with saying 'Merry Christmas' because it may offend someone? My point is if the national government is going to celebrate part of the holiday, sponsored through tax dollars, then they should at least celebrate the more important aspects. This would not be establishment of religion, rather it would be focusing on the season as the men who founded this nation would have done