Town Official Quits Over ‘Christmas’ Tree Lighting
It was fine when it was a “tree lighting ceremony” but not now that it’s a “Christmas” tree lighting ceremony.
…that word carried enough significance for borough Councilwoman Charlene Storey to resign.
Minutes after the council voted 4-2 Thursday night to change the name of the ceremony from A Tree Lighting to A Christmas Tree Lighting, the councilwoman-at-large, left the meeting. She later submitted her letter of resignation with the municipal clerk’s office.
“I cannot in good conscience continue to be part of a council that is exclusionary or to work with a Mayor who is such,” Storey said in her letter.
When reached today, Storey said she regretted having to resign, but said the change “cuts non-Christians out of the loop and favors one religion.”
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Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2015 at 15:05
Seems pretty silly. It is Christmas, whether she wants to admit it or not. http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/files/2013/04/tantrum.jpg
katkelly57 December 5th, 2015 at 15:08
The Grinch must have pissed in her cornflakes that day.
Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2015 at 15:15
That would make them only marginally less edible than they are with milk.
katkelly57 December 5th, 2015 at 16:00
I take you for a Cocoa Puffs kinda guy…me Frosted Flakes.
Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2015 at 16:33
No, I just haven’t like corn flakes since I was a kid. It might have something to do with the fact that my father made us eat it for dinner as one of his favorite punishments. But I probably would have hated them anyway.
katkelly57 December 5th, 2015 at 17:14
I never liked them either, too dry and flavorless.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:36
Lots and Lots of sugar, just like cream of wheat.
Larry Schmitt December 6th, 2015 at 12:56
That’s another one that’s tasteless. I prefer Wheatena.
fredoandme December 6th, 2015 at 13:25
we JUST finished our cream of wheat. made with milk and plenty of raw sugar.
it was, dare i say?, yummy.
Boltorama December 5th, 2015 at 16:46
Honey Bunches of Oats for me.
katkelly57 December 5th, 2015 at 17:13
I’ve not had that in years…I also like Cinnamon Life, 2 scoops of raisins in Kellogg’s Raisin Bran and puffed rice, which I can’t find anywhere.
Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2015 at 17:15
Puffed rice always reminded me of the styrofoam packing peanuts. About the same taste and substance. You can find it here: https://jet.com/product/detail/8abc00436648437c9bd8bb701010ecf1?jcmp=pla:ggl:jd_food_beverages_tobacco_a3:food_items_grains,_rice_cereal_rice_a3_other:na:na:na:na:na:2&code=PLA15&k_clickid=91fa5920-0d4f-4135-a6e3-d3f5e201b9d5&gclid=CjwKEAiAs4qzBRD4l-2w7qOoqEMSJABauikXa_WwMWpI3NQfrUJsELI9UMHNsBiVkUIlhqTLSXeniBoCYbLw_wcB
katkelly57 December 6th, 2015 at 00:15
I wuv you Larrweeeeeeeee!
Thanks!
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:34
Agreed.
Boltorama December 5th, 2015 at 20:15
Mmmmm… Sounds delicious. The reason I like Honey Bunches of Oats is because of the oat clusters and almonds.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:34
All of us Champions start our day with Wheaties. If you can find them.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:33
I like the Honey Bunches part.
Boltorama December 6th, 2015 at 12:59
Made with real wildflower honey.
FatRat December 5th, 2015 at 16:50
I read the sentence quickly and very much incorrectly and thought it said CROSS lighting. Re-read it, tree lighting. That would’ve been a horse of a different color. lol
http://www.occupydemocrats.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cross-burning16x9.jpg
Silly to argue about Happy Holiday or Xmas. I don’t think Jesus was born in the winter anyways. Pagan tree, yule log, candy canes, elves, Santa, reindeer, Christmas Krampus, it’s all good. lol
http://www.livescience.com/42976-when-was-jesus-born.html
Theologians have also suggested that Jesus was born in the spring, based on the biblical narrative that shepherds were watching over their flocks in the fields on the night of Jesus’ birth — something they would have done in the spring, not the winter.
Larry Schmitt December 5th, 2015 at 16:54
But the Catholic church bought into the Dec 25 date that on the church calendar, March 25 is the feast of the Annunciation, the day Mary got a visit from the angel who announced she was to have a baby. In other words, the day the Holy Spirit knocked her up.
FatRat December 5th, 2015 at 16:59
Hmmmm. Nine months till Xmas, looks like Mary should’ve gotten a paternity test with Maury Povich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08WUhjElko&feature=youtu.be&t=164
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:31
I didn’t know the name of the Holy Spirit was ” Joseph ” . LOL.
Larry Schmitt December 6th, 2015 at 12:57
He didn’t have anything to do with Mary being “with child.”
Rudewaitress December 5th, 2015 at 15:17
Makes sense!
Kick Frenzy December 6th, 2015 at 00:05
Perfect!
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:29
Very GOOD Idea.
Resa Forseth Wagner-Pittman December 8th, 2015 at 17:37
Says the anti-Semitic waitress….
rg9rts December 5th, 2015 at 15:20
Not a moron after all
granpa.usthai December 5th, 2015 at 15:24
jez, get a grip lady. The holiday is Christmas and the significance of the lights is to make merry celebration honoring the noble tree. It’s not really the time of the year the baby Jesus was born, but the early christians wanted a way to celebrate other than TAX TIME. All the other pagan holidays were taken, so they opted for the holiday to celebrate the tree.
I ask Santa when I saw him in the thanksgiving day parade and he says either way is AOK with him – he’ll be making his rounds to them that believe with or without the tree or holiday designation – so really, there’s no way to lose. Keep believing in Santa and you’ll get what you asked for, sometimes, if there’s NO republiKon in the White House.
FatRat December 5th, 2015 at 16:52
didn’t see your post, same idea. lol
Dwendt44 December 5th, 2015 at 20:42
Actually, the solstice season was celebrated long before jesus showed up. The Romans called in Saturnalia. Add in the Norse celebrations and other Pagan festivities and traditions and all of them have been adopted/plagiarized by christians.
Only the nativity myth is ‘new’.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 12:27
Three days after the Winter Solstice is celebrated as the Birth date of Thor, the First son of the Norse All father God, Oden. It was when the Christian Missionaries started trying to convert the Norsemen that the Christians adopted Dec. 25 as Christ’s Birthday and the whole Christmas thing. Jesus was born on April 6. This has been quite positively proven. Many Christian Rituals were adopted from the Norsemen Mythology, even Easter. Think about it. How does the first Sunday, after the first Full Moon, following the Spring Equinox, figure into Christianity. That is the formulate for setting the date for Easter each year. It is a total Astronomical formula and it was celebrated as the day of the Goddess Ester.
FatRat December 6th, 2015 at 13:53
Yeah Easter goddess explains why we have colored eggs and chocolate bunny rabbits. Doesn’t explain Paas or why those bunnies are hollow. lol
Patton Oswalt talks about Paas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0LzsThR2eI
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess-ostara-easter-bunny.htm
The Goddess Ostara and the Easter Bunny
Already feeling just a little bit guilty for arriving late one spring, the Goddess Ostara was appalled when the first thing she encountered was a little bird who lay dying on the forest floor, his wings frozen by the snow.
Filled with compassion, Ostara took him as a pet or, as some versions of the tale have it, her lover. Feeling sorry that the poor wingless bird could no longer take flight, she turned him into a snow hare and gave him the ability to run rapidly so he could evade all hunters.
Honoring his earlier life as a bird, she also gave him the ability to lay eggs in all the colors of the rainbow.
Larry Dee December 5th, 2015 at 15:34
I wonder what her kids think of her.
Bunya December 5th, 2015 at 18:16
Good question. I wonder what bigoted, anti-gay Kim Davis’ kids think of her. Now, I’m not big on the teachings of Christianity, but I’m pretty sure an adulterer who’s been married and divorced 3 times and has children out of wedlock, is the last person on the face of this earth who should be throwing stones, don’t you think?
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:32
In her case, she doesn’t throw stones. She chucks Bibles.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:31
They probably think; ” Oh God, Mom’s got menopause. “
William December 5th, 2015 at 15:58
Seriously. Lighten up lady.
Robert M. Snyder December 5th, 2015 at 17:50
The following web page is on the White House website:
“Remarks by President Obama at Lighting of National Christmas Tree”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2015/12/03/remarks-president-obama-lighting-national-christmas-tree
I am all for being inclusive. If Obama wanted to light a menorah, that would be fine with me. But I don’t think we should call it “The National Candlestick”.
Kick Frenzy December 6th, 2015 at 00:28
I largely agree.
Although, there are several religions that would decorate a tree for a winter holiday, so I can see a bit of a point there too.
And really, that’s all besides the point.
I think her beef has more to do with it only being a Christian holiday being represented.
(As far a I know anyway… it’s possible they may have a National Candlestick.)
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:28
Just light a fire to the Yule Log and have it over with.
bpollen December 5th, 2015 at 19:05
I’m not offended by holidays. I don’t mind people wishing me a Happy Holiday or Merry Christmas. But unless they make accommodations to all religious holidays of all their constituents, it’s not really appropriate for a government entity to celebrate just one religion’s. Jews, Muslims, Pagans, Zoroastrians, and Buddhists also have December holidays. Where’s their celebration by the town?
Dwendt44 December 5th, 2015 at 20:48
Not to mention that christmas trees are forbidden by the bible.
Robert M. Snyder December 6th, 2015 at 00:32
I agree with you. I think it should be either all (who ask) or none.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:26
But we Honor the Norsemen’s God Thor every Thursday. Also, all of Santa’s reindeer are named after Norsemen Gods. Well except the late comer Rudolph. Then there is that thing about North, South, East and West. Okay enough of the Norsemen God’s. BUT, there is So much more.
bpollen December 6th, 2015 at 15:43
I don’t think we really honor the Norse Gods, any more than we honor the Germanic fertility goddess Eostre on Easter.
That being said, the Dane’s invasions of England have an ongoing influence on the English language.
Angelo_Frank December 5th, 2015 at 20:18
Most people are lighting their shopping trees and prancing around with credit cards on top of their heads.
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:20
I though the credit cards were being slid through their slots. LOL
CandideThirtythree December 6th, 2015 at 02:36
The only people obeying the constitution are democrats
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even if we disagree with it.
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CandideThirtythree December 6th, 2015 at 04:24
true
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:16
There are built in safe guards and procedures within the Constitution to change it if the majority so wants. That is why it is such a Great Document.
Wilfred Yoos December 6th, 2015 at 06:11
It is a Christmas tree and that is what is called..
FatRat December 6th, 2015 at 13:40
Some could disagree with your statement.
http://orig05.deviantart.net/5907/f/2011/124/4/4/odin__all_father__by_leechman-d3fkzum.png
http://www.livescience.com/25779-christmas-traditions-history-paganism.html
The Christmas tree is a 17th-century German invention, University of Bristol’s Hutton told LiveScience, but it clearly derives from the pagan practice of bringing greenery indoors to decorate in midwinter. The modern Santa Claus is a direct descendent of England’s Father Christmas, who was not originally a gift-giver. However, Father Christmas and his other European variations are modern incarnations of old pagan ideas about spirits who traveled the sky in midwinter, Hutton said.
Wilfred Yoos December 6th, 2015 at 15:58
Great information, but it’s still a Christmas tree……out.
FatRat December 6th, 2015 at 16:09
I call it a Christmas tree too but it ain’t got a whole lot of Christian mythology in it. Darth Vader says it’s a Christmas tree, so I guess it’s fair to use the nomenclature of a Christmas tree, sans the Christ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPOAqlGamE
oki_mike100 December 7th, 2015 at 04:12
pine tree
tracey marie December 6th, 2015 at 14:03
festivus tree, to be correct
KillAllTheRednecks . December 6th, 2015 at 06:46
Let’s just get this out of the way. This woman is a drama queen and a soft-core SJW. I’m an atheist and liberal as they come, and I have no problem with it being called a Christmas tree. I say “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” and only the extremists on either side of the fence would take any issue with that. A Christmas tree isn’t like a stone ten commandments or a Jesus statue.
LudicrousSextus December 6th, 2015 at 09:18
Quick – somebody get this woman a micro-aggression calming suppository…
The Original Just Me December 6th, 2015 at 11:13
She may be correct in her Political Correctness, but she is an over the Wall Fanatic about it. The town is better off today without her extremists reactions. Just call it a Yule Tree and be done with it.
John_St_John December 6th, 2015 at 13:25
Buh – Bye. Don’t let the door hit ya’ where your suppository* god split ya’.
*intentional *¿* ?… only the enlightened will ever know.
StoneyCurtisll December 6th, 2015 at 13:37
http://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TMW2015-12-02colorLARGE.jpg
Bunya December 6th, 2015 at 14:10
We expect this type of childish behavior from Bill O’Reilly and Sarah Palin, but not from Charlene Storey, who’s supposed to be the adult in the room.