FAV Fluff

In her latest fluff package, Her Hotness Delia Gallagher opened with the aesthetically-challenged Samona family from Michigan and segued into the secularization of Christmas. Apparently, the Samona's condo association asked them to take out their Nativity lawn ornaments - not Santa, not Mickey - just the Nativity set, which the family took as an assault against the sanctity of the season.

Delia then discussed the Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas greetings, blah, blah, blah, Falwell, blah, blah, blah, the TWC lobby display, blah, blah, blah. In her best Vanna White impersonation, Delia even pointed to the TWC's Kwanzaa table, the menorah, and the snowflake tree - not Christmas tree, but snowflake tree - at which point, my IQ dropped another 20 points.
Firstly, to the Samona family, it's not that your lawn display is religious, it's just plain TACKY! For Pete's sake, if you were in my condo complex, I would complain too! And for the life of me, I'm not sure why Delia had to go to Michigan to check out lit, plastic Virgin Marys, when all she had to do was cross the bridge to Queens or Brooklyn where tacky Christmas displays are not only plenty, they're mandatory in some neighborhoods. No one complains there. In fact, they vie for the honor of having the annual tackiest Christmas display!

Second, to Jerry Falwell, et. al., please just SHUT THE bleep UP! We find you creepy and weird and pompous, and frankly, we cannot give a rat's ass about what you say. No one is persecuting you or Christmas, so just chill!

And lastly, to Delia: we love you and admire you and would even watch you while you watch the grass grow, but somewhere between Rusty Carter's Biblically Correct tour and the Samona's persecuted lawn ornaments, our heads started hurting. Fluff overdose.

Sorry your humble blogger is cranky - the Christmas season always does that to me. Maybe I should just hibernate in a cave somewhere and come out after all the tacky plastic lawn ornaments are gone.