My blog post , December 6, 2002 : " Humbug in Warwick "

Friday, December 6, 2002 Humbug in Warwick Allergic to the very spirit of Christmas, a Warwick Fire Dept. dispatcher destroyed a co-worker's decorations - wanting " a Christmas free work-place ". A direct descendent of one Ebenezer Scrooge - not yet visited by ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future ? Or did he just forget those little " helper " pills that get millions of normally decent people through the JOYOUS season ? To be sure, the spirit of consumerism poisons the season for the most good natured amongst us. If I were a radio personality, I would read to the kids this poem on the night before Christmas: " Howl " by the Jewish beatnik A. Ginsberg. THEN I would offer the music of Bach as a sedative. Don't be too hard on that cheerless dispatcher: Tis a very stressful time of year. Perhaps Santa Claus will give us a brand new