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Article: Why anything to do with the Civil War remains intensely popular

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December 19, 2003
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If you are one of America's five gazillion Civil War nuts, you know that Christmas Day is not only Jesus' birthday but the release date of "Cold Mountain," the film epic based on Charles Frazier's meticulously crafted novel of a Civil War odyssey.

If you are not one of the five gazillion, you may wonder why anyone would schedule the release of a movie on Christmas Day, when devout American consumers are supposed to be exchanging gifts with their families.

Here's why: Because there is nothing more important than embracing the latest manifestation of America's Civil War obsession. That's nothing, as in not duck hunting or beer drinking or Christmas

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