Tell Us More About How 'White' Santa Claus Is, Megyn Kelly

Last night Jon Stewart went off on Fox Newsrising starMegyn Kelly for taking a moment to remind all the 6-year-old news hounds who watch her 10PM show that both Santa Claus and Jesus were white men, and that’s a fact so they should just freaking deal with it.

Jiminy Christmas, what was that all about?

For the record, the article they’re discussing did not suggest that “there should be a black Santa now”—Slate columnist Aisha Harris actually wrote that Santa should be a penguin in order to spare non-white kids “the insecurity and shame” of growing up with a fat, rosy-cheeked dude for a favorite character, because maybe that works?

Anyway, our sister site TVNewser reported this morning that the anchor will address the “controversy” on her own show tonight after calling in sick yesterday, and we have to wonder what she will say. Fox’s

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