He's in a snit. He refuses to participate in Tulsa's Holiday Parade of Lights because it doesn't have "christmas" in the title.
"I did not do so last year because I'm not going to ride in a Christmas parade that doesn't recognize Christmas," he said. "I am hopeful that the good people of Tulsa and the city's leadership will demand a correction to this shameful attempt to take Christ, the true reason for our celebration, out of the parade's title. Until the parade is again named the Christmas Parade of Lights, I will not participate."
What a silly man. The parade, by the way, is on 11 December…which last I heard, is not Christmas.
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