From the Every Accusation Is a Confession Department, it looks like Benedict Donald and the Republicans have managed to cancel Christmas in the upstate New York hamlet of Rhinebeck. Here's the headline we woke up to in the Albany Times-Union this morning:
Trump Tariffs Force Cancellation of Beloved Christmas Festival
"A long-running Christmas celebration has ben canceled due in part to rising costs related to President Donald Trump's tariffs, organizers said.
"The organizing committee of Rhinebeck's Sinterklaas celebration said they had decided to cancel this year's festivities due to financial difficulties, including rising prices for items sold to raise funds. Those items — stars made in India and lights made in China — had nearly tripled in price, making them 'unaffordable for most families,' festival coordinator Jeanne Fleming said.
"Rhinebeck's Sinterklaas festival began several decades ago...held on the first Saturday of December to informally mark the feast of St. Nicholas. [It] culminated with a children's starlight parade in which participants marched with large illuminated stars."
Welp, Republicans have already managed to cancel Thanksgiving for a lot of American families — what with the announcement that SNAP benefits will end on November 1 and no resolution to the GOP government shutdown in sight. Why not pile on, and cancel Christmas, too? We cats are disgusted, and we HISS.
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