I don’t think anyone would have noticed
I disagree with you, Geron (A rare moment, so mark "Boxer Day" on your calendar).
If this was a normal Christmas season, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but we have the Rats in the Bastard Media looking for something, anything to divert the attention of "religious" people from the disaster the homos are reaping with the Duck Dynasty deal. They will trump up *anything* to get at us, even conflating us with the GOPe. If Prince doesn't make at least a passing reference to this phoney holiday, there will be screaming and hours of analysis over the fact that the GOP proved it's raciss. This isn't "caving," it's "Picking our battles better." Nobody thinks this will gain a single Black vote for Republicans. That's a fool's errand.
Do you want to hear about another kick in the ass Prince avoided? Us having to defend his sorry butt when the Bastard Media starts the pile-on. A lot of us pointed this out back during the Romney fiasco: Before it was over, we were going to be forced to defend the biggest RINO in the world. I'm glad we're not going to have to do it over a fake freakin' holiday.