Rockefeller Center, Here We Come, W/ Torches!

In Athens, rioters torched the capital's huge Christmas tree in central Syntagma Square. As the hooded youths moved on, some protesters posed for photos in front of the blaze, and others sang the Greek version of "Oh Christmas Tree."

Go, cats & kittens, go!! 

In the spirit of the season, over three days of national tearing-it-up there have no been reported deaths. Congrats to the liberating forces of anarchy, & to the murderous pig cops who are managing to holding themselves in check (this time). We can only hope this has already taught them a lesson. And only wish Americans would stand up for themselves like this.

And would like to hear more from the defenders of Commercial Christmas about this sort of thing:

With the global financial crisis hitting Greek consumers, shop owners worried the violence would hurt consumer confidence. "It comes at a time when we have been trying so hard to establish a Christmas spirit in the market," said Vassilis Krokidis, head of the Piraeus Traders' Association. "Our challenge remains getting through the economic crisis and saving the jobs of those who work in regular businesses."

Yep, Geezis Hussein Christ's miracle birth, etc., has long been perverted to give retailers hope for profit this year. But there's no more complaint about that. The traditionalists lost the "Put the Christ Back in Xmas" war long, long ago. Now it's "Atheists are forcing stores to tell their wage-slaves not to say 'Merry Christmas,'" as if the continuation of the faith depended on sales associates' greetings. Na'gonna happen, anyway, as the only faith observed in the chain stores is that oldest of them all, commodity fetishism.