horrendous. mary henderson, florida. mr. o'reilly, i bought three sets of your books, killing patton and killing jesus and gave two pattons to vets as christmas presents. that's very nice of you. killing patton's the number one hardback book in america even outselling grisham and patt patterson. we thank everybody who supported killing patton. "the factor" tip of the day commercializing christmas, here's the bad news. santa con, an annual display of debauchery in new york city where people dress as santa pub crawl and get blasted out of their minds. that happened over the weekend. no reason for this just a bunch of pinheads raising hell and defaming santa. here's a better christmas story. you hear a lot about commercialism and people dwelling on material things to celebrate the birth of jesus. commercialism is not a bad thing. giving other people gifts is a positive, makes them happy. jesus might like that. although i can't speak for him.