Season's Greetings from Ferguson

We know the story well. A black teenager shot by a white police officer. Twelve shots fired at an unarmed man. The protests that rocked the town of Ferguson four months ago with stores looted and buildings burned. The uneasy three months calm awaiting the decision of a grand jury. The verdict to acquit the officer of any criminal charge and, last night, another orgy of plunder, rage and burning..
Yet what struck me most forcibly in the midst of all this mayhem were the photo shots of the great Christmas banner outside the city court house.
"SEASONS GREETINGS" was all but obscured in the smoke and flares of the riot and street battle in Ferguson.
And I guess in the end that is what it came down to.
Christmas Greetings, "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to all Men." obscured in a fog of tear gas, the message of brotherly love lost in the din of war.
Pauline is putting up her own decorations today which will include a miniature stable of Bethlehem. We are going to once again celebrate "Unto us a Child is born;unto us a Son is given" and make sure that NOTHING obscures the Wilson's Christmas Banner.

Jubilate.

Ian