Taki on the war against Christmas

Taki Theodoracopulos:

It was only a matter of time, wasn't it? Since George Washington's executive proclamation in 1789 establishing November 26 as the day that we should give thanks to our Lord for all the favors, kind care and protection he had offered our country, and the Long Island supervisor who objected to a local Catholic priest's religious blessing of a Christmas tree. Jon Kaiman, who is Jewish, made his displeasure known in front of a large crowd which had gathered for the annual lighting of the Manhasset township Christmas tree. Kaiman is the town's supervisor and after the Rev. Nick Zientarski blessed the tree, he grabbed the microphone from the priest's hand and hollered, "This is nonsense. We're not doing this again next year. I can't believe this. I want to make it clear that this is no way a religious ceremony..."

The priest, for his part, had this to say: "I thought about what blessing to give, and it seemed to me that because this was a Christmas tree, it would be OK to use the blessing from my Catholic tradition." To be fair, Kaiman later apologized for his harsh and aggressive manner, but the first blow against the blessing of a Christmas tree has been struck by a Jewish supervisor in an upmarket Long Island town. Now let's reverse matters. And ask ourselves what would happen if a Christian supervisor had grabbed the microphone from a rabbi who was busy blessing the lighting of a Menorah. I'll tell you. He would be arrested and brought up on hate crime charges quicker than you can say Abe Foxman, that's what.

And Kaiman is not alone. Overseas, in Britain to be exact, there are widespread efforts to remove the Christian message from Christmas, with local authorities putting up "winter" lights, schools ignoring nativity plays, and firms refusing to allow decorations in case they offend minorities. And it gets better. A millionaire, Joel Krupnik, who owns apartment buildings on the Lower East Side of New York City and in Israel, has decorated his house with a skinny Santa with a bloody head in one hand and a knife in another. He calls it freedom of expression, but again, it is freedom to insult the Christian faith, no ifs or buts about it.

Hat tip, Peter Brimelow!