Posted in Bah Humbug, Christmas in Public on Dec 24th, 2011
A ban on Christmas decorations this year at the Staten Island ferry terminal in a bid to avoid lawsuits sparked an unusual protest Friday. Self-proclaimed activist and Staten Island resident Scott LoBaido found a loophole in the rule imposed at the transit hub by the Department of Transportation and dressed up as a seven-foot Christmas [...]
Posted in Bah Humbug, Christmas News, Weird on Dec 21st, 2011
The U.S. Postal Service is bankrupt. Abused by years of mismanagement and fierce competition in the shipping business the Postal Service is inept, incompetent and woefully broke. They’re cutting back services, stifling customer service and draining the coffers of the government at a record pace. We only point all this out in advance of telling [...]
Posted in Christmas News, Church & State, Political Correctness on Dec 21st, 2011
Posted in Bah Humbug, Christmas in Schools, Christmas News, Political Correctness on Dec 20th, 2011
A Massachusetts school system is embroiled in a war on Christmas debate after Santa Claus was initially banned from visiting elementary school children over “religious” concerns. Since 1960 firefighters in the town of Saugus dressed up like Santa Claus and visited every elementary school handing out coloring books. But on Monday, the school superintendent told [...]
Posted in Bah Humbug, Christmas in Public, Christmas News, Church & State, Political Correctness on Dec 19th, 2011
A group of Christmas carolers was thrown out of a U.S. Post Office in Silver Spring, MD, after the post office manager told them they were not allowed to sing Christmas carols on government property. A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service confirmed the incident occurred Saturday at a branch office in the Aspen Hill [...]
