A lot of people must’ve been scratching their heads Tuesday night, when President Donald Trump claimed at his Florida rally that there was some kind of liberal plot to change the name of Thanksgiving: “People have different ideas, why it shouldn’t be called ‘Thanksgiving.’ But everybody in this room, I know, loves the name ‘Thanksgiving,’ and we're not changing it.”

But anyone who’s been watching Fox News (which Trump himself does — a lot) would know that’s he’s simply gotten the idea from Fox’s own fevered imagination: a supposed plot to eliminate Thanksgiving — to “infringe” upon people’s right to even celebrate it at all!

Just like the holiday shopping season, it seems like Fox News’ holiday culture war vitriol just keeps beginning earlier every year — even if the network basically has to make it up.