Tree's Company
The SeaTac airport serving Seattle-Tacoma this week removed 14 plastic Christmas trees because a rabbi wanted a menorah to be displayed. The authorities reasoned (if you can call this "reason") that if they erected a menorah they would have to put up holiday symbols from any other religion that came along and wanted to be included, and this, they said, would have been too much work. Instead they eighty-sixed the trees. Sounds like a bit of a knee-jerk snit to me. One more way to turn the Christmas season into a great big squabble. So much for the holday spirit, peace on earth, good will toward men, all those phrases that decorate greeting cards and highball glasses, but have little meaning otherwise. I personally think the fact the trees were plastic is enough to get rid of them.
(Heartfelt thanks to Taylor Jane Rowe, age 5 1/2, for inspiration for the cartoon.)
(Heartfelt thanks to Taylor Jane Rowe, age 5 1/2, for inspiration for the cartoon.)
posted by John M Crowther @ 8:04 AM
3 Comments:
Jeremy's saga of confusing Mother lives on! More power to him. By the way, they put all 14 trees back up due to public outcry. Better plastic than cutting down live trees, in my humble opinion, says she with a grin.
This reminds me of the year one of my sons (about 13 yrs. old) decided he was going to go out in the Florida woods to cut down a Christmas tree. He proudly brought it back and we set it up and decorated it. His father had been on a business trip. He came in, looked at the tree and said it was the ugliest tree he had ever seen.... Thank goodness all of the children were asleep...
Katherine
Your comment suggests a new cartoon:
THE NIGHT BEFORE SANTA’S P.C. CHRISTMAS
Christmas Eve at the North Pole, Santa Claus is about to get into his sleigh when Mrs. Claus stops him and says “And don’t forget, it’s now 'Happy Holidays and to all a good night!'”
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