Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Breaking: Holiday lights are off again in Tompkins Square Park

Oh no!

@angel_chao just passed along this photo...


And just hours after our post that the lights had returned... Too many holiday lights highs and lows for one night...
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8 comments:

  1. Marty WombacherDecember 14, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    The park is officially declared bipolar now. Someone get some Prozac to that tree asap!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    Just a question, why are the Christmas tree lights being referred to as the holiday lights?

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  3. Barney russellDecember 15, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    It's that one loose bulb you can't find that drives you crazy !!!!!

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  4. Tom Paine's GhostDecember 15, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    @anon, Is that you Bill O'Reilly!? You're allowed to call it anything you want. I'm partIal to " winter solstice conifer". It's called a holiday tree because the people who planted it and paid for it weren't promoting a particular religion perhaps, but were tapping into a universal subconscious that has celebrated the change of seasons in various ways over all of human history. They are more interested in bringing a metaphorical light to a darkened world. An inclusive viewpoint, not a narrow one. Happy Kwanakahmass.

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  5. EV GrieveDecember 15, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Several readers on previous posts said that the use of "Christmas" to describe the lights in the Park was offensive to them.

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  6. blue glassDecember 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    pretty colored lights are pretty colored lights.
    who cares what one calls them?
    just let them work for god's sake!

    oops

    just let them work for our sake.

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  7. Laura Goggin PhotographyDecember 15, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    That tree is such a tease.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    "Winter solstice conifer". HAHAHAHHAHA!

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