Police take neighborhood erection into their own hands: “Officers found no one home. Assuming the snow sculpture was more prank than nod to Christmas’ pagan roots, the police knocked it down. Beat it down with shovels, actually.”
A Daily Show send-up of the War on Xmas. (thanks Spencer)
George Michael says he’ll attend Elton John’s wedding. The singer is in Tokyo promoting his new documentary A Different Story. He also told a group of reporters, “It makes me very sad to hear that it’s not easy for Japanese artists to [come out]. Because actually now in Britain it really doesn’t matter. We have several openly gay pop stars and the girls don’t seem to mind. I think different parts of the world are dealing at different speeds but I think it’s very hard for a culture to remain prejudiced against a group of people when the whole of the world is changing.”