>> those are members of the lone star santas club. they came to the capitol to give their backing on this bill. >> yeah. you can say merry christmas in texas now. thanks to governor rick perry, it's not illegal to say merry christmas. now, was it ever illegal to say merry christmas in texas? you know, you never can be too careful, but saying merry christmas is now doubly triply, merrily, rick perry protected in texas. it is a big rick perry idea in politics. you may remember when he was running for president he tried to make one of the central issues of his campaign the fact he had led the fight to keep christmas from being illegal in texas. and he would lead that fight nationally against president obama. he wasn't afraid. president obama may want to make christmas illegal and ban christianity, but rick perry has santa on his side. >> i'm not ashamed to admit i'm a christian, but you don't need