I don't believe that was even a Christmas Tree. Far more likely it was a Fourth of July Tree, previously decorated according to custom with red, white, and blue tinsel, dangling eagle ornaments, and illuminated with lit sparklers. The considerable fire hazard is presumably why the custom has died out in recent years, but someone on Rivington Street clearly respects the traditions.
Also, that jerkwad Gruber MacDonald had better spend a bit more time at his office and less on those junkets or I for one will stop paying my dues.
I admit that Gruber could use an image rehab. However, we should remember all his charitable work for News Corp. through the years.
August 17, 2011 at 10:48 PM
In the midst of a driving rainstorm on Sunday, EV Grieve reader Chris stopped to document this find on Rivington at Ridge... where someone had bagged up a Christmas tree nearly, uh, eight months after Jesus' birthday...
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Gruber MacDougal, spokesperson for the International Coalition of Tree Tossing in the Spring and Summer (ICTTSS), has been alerted of this discovery. However, he is currently attending an urban think tank at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort.
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Close this window Jump to comment formI don't believe that was even a Christmas Tree. Far more likely it was a Fourth of July Tree, previously decorated according to custom with red, white, and blue tinsel, dangling eagle ornaments, and illuminated with lit sparklers. The considerable fire hazard is presumably why the custom has died out in recent years, but someone on Rivington Street clearly respects the traditions.
Also, that jerkwad Gruber MacDonald had better spend a bit more time at his office and less on those junkets or I for one will stop paying my dues.
August 16, 2011 at 10:41 PM
Let me know when Gruber is at an Urban Dunk Tank!
August 16, 2011 at 10:43 PM
Is that a tree? I see the Sunday Times and a twig.
August 16, 2011 at 11:43 PM
At this point they should have just saved it for this Christmas.
August 17, 2011 at 9:31 AM
I got people in Bora Bora (seriously, I do). But I can't pay them enough to get within eyesight of Gruber.
August 17, 2011 at 9:02 PM
I admit that Gruber could use an image rehab. However, we should remember all his charitable work for News Corp. through the years.
August 17, 2011 at 10:48 PM