Festivus Sharing in Adams Morgan: “I Hate You.”
Like so many of you, I thought the Festivus Pole at 18th and Columbia was whimsical, delightful. Fun, even. But the longer this thing stays up and the more people continue to air their grievances, the more I am inclined to go humbug on Festivus. Right now is the Magic Time in our fair city, when all of the GD people leave and it becomes a lovely, temperate place to spend the holidays. But the pole is angry, my friends.
This morning I caught a new message, typical of what's gone up there as of late: "I hate you." Underneath, another grievancer had written a response in festive red pen: "Bitch." So we've gone from WaPo waxing on about how the pole is the embodiment of our recession woes (not quite, but a nice effort), to this just being bitter blather. It was fun and all and thank you, Adams Morgan BID, for the entertainment. But Festivus is depressing us. Let's take it down.
(Photo by Flickr user mringlein)
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3:26 pm
Thanks for the feedback. Our plan is to take it down on January 2.
Kristen
Kristen Barden
Executive Director
Adams Morgan Partnership BID
1804 Belmont Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-779-0783
11:56 am
Might want to adjust the time limit on it for next year. Like, "December 23 until the trolls surface."
10:38 pm
We'll evaluate many aspects of this year's experience for next year.
Kristen
9:37 pm
Please do keep the santa/jester hat on the santa/town crier fellow. Nice touch.
10:46 am
Nice irony that you're airing a grievance about the festivus pole