My new favorite fireworks company is pulling out of a holiday boat parade because “Christmas” was dropped from the event’s name, says Fox News. Good for them.
“Fireworks by Grucci” last year donated $5,000 of fireworks to last years Patchogue Christmas Boat Parade -which consists of millionaires decorating their yachts and floating down the Patchogue River. But now the millionaires have gone too far. They forgot the reason for the season by renaming the event the Patchogue Holiday Boat Parade.
So the company’s vice president, Philip Butler, who has criticized the secularization of Christmas in the past, said parade organizers were “using all the themes of Christmas and plagiarizing all those themes.”
Parade organizers said they changed the name after complaints that the use of “Christmas” wasn’t inclusive enough. I’d love to ask this guy how many complaints. I mean really. Do you think he really even received two?
And in a nice example of Christmas cheer, the town’s Mayor Paul Pontieri acted like a spoiled thirteen year old by saying he didn’t even care that the fireworks company pulled out, “When I think about fireworks, I don’t think about Christmas anyway.”
Something tells me, this guy doesn’t think a whole lot about Christmas. Period.
Well I’m absolutely sure that thousands of people will crowd around the Patchogue River to see how you decorated your yacht now that the fireworks are gone. Tell your mother to bring her camera because she might be the only one there.
And I’m now declaring The Grucci fireworks company to be the official fireworks company of CMR. If we ever hold a CMR parade with Patrick and I walking down the street, the Grucci’s will be shooting off fireworks all around us. And there will also be pigs in blankets because that’s the greatest food ever invented. CMR doesn’t have an official pigs in blankets maker yet. Any takers?
October 26, 2008 at 5:07 pm
And one wonder who complained. Was it private citizens – or some ‘advocacy’ group, or even a government official?
Sad – and stupid – business.
jj
October 26, 2008 at 7:25 pm
To the complainers and their ilk – rather than rain on everyone else’s fun, get your own (insert strong language here) parade.
October 26, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I recently offered to display a beautiful, life-like nativity set in the spacious entrance lobby of my credit union. Without so much as a look at my photos and sketched out plans (at a pre arranged meeting), the busy, lady manageress said she could not allow it–she “didn’t want to offend anyone.” Well, I was offended. Guess offending Christians is okay with the Royal Credit Union.
–William
October 27, 2008 at 2:28 am
I’m Michael from Liuyang China(Liuyang is center of fireworks in the world),and now we are one of largest fireworks company.We have been manufacture professional fireworks and consumer fireworks for over years.
http://www.myspace.com/liwenquan66
michaelli66@hotmail.com
October 27, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Grucci, the pride of Long Island! And now Patchogue’s millionaires can’t toss a little scratch to a hometown company? Hmph. They may as well go ahead and be Rangers fans while they’re at it.
I can’t believe a private group of personal citizens would start mimicing this “we got complaints, we’re not inclusive” nonsense. Good for Philip Butler for standing on principal and not income.
October 27, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I nominate my mother as the official “pigs in blankets” maker of CMR…she makes the best ones, hands down!