The war on Christmas invades a senior citizens apartment complex in California.
Residents in a Newhall senior apartment complex are protesting an order from management to remove their beloved Christmas tree from the community room because, they were told, it’s a religious symbol.
On Tuesday, Tarzana-based JB Partners Group Inc. sent a memo to staff at The Willows senior apartment building demanding they take down Christmas trees and menorahs in communal areas.
The company has owned The Willows for four years, but this is the first time it’s given such a directive to staff.
On Wednesday, two dozen residents in the 75-resident complex gathered in the lobby to place a neon green sign that read: “Please Save Our Tree.”
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The Willows staff and JB Property supervisor Wethanie Law declined to comment.
The memo depriving people of their Christmas tree was comment enough.
One of the residents accidentally got to the purpose of the annual tradition of some people to go out of their way to eradicate Christmas.
Max Greenis who has lived at the complex for a year with his wife, Bonnie, said he’s considering withholding his rent in protest of what he calls an abomination of the holiday tradition.
“I’ve got grandkids and they come here and now they’ll ask, `Grandpa, where’s the Christmas tree?’ Then I’ll have to explain that someone said we couldn’t have one. What kind of message is that sending to the kids?” Greenis asked.
Obviously, it sends the message that Christmas is bad and should not be celebrated because of the name contained in the first syllable.
– California, but coming soon to the rest of America.
But, I’ll bet they leak all over themselves for Kwanzaa … a made-up, feel good holiday.
Recommend they move to a friendlier location
This is what the Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. Both the free exercise clause and establishment clause place restrictions on the GOV’T concerning the laws they pass interfering with religion. NO restrictions are placed on religions except that a religious denomination cannot become the “state religion”. The “separation of church and state” issue is so very misrepresented, and the current “state-media” and judiciary say nothing to correct that. Refer to Thomas Jefferson’s letter to Danbury Batists on Jan 1, 1802–that’s where the idea comes from. NOT the Constitution.
Let the folks have their tree–it doesn’t represent a denomination of religion.
That is exactly right Anonymous. It’s such a shame we allowed people to twist words and a greater shame the supreme court goes along with that bogus “seperation of church and state”. I always wondered how they pass such things under the the stone carved mosiac law above their heads and all kinds of imbedded Jewish and Christian symbols embedded in our capital buildings. I guess the stones are still crying out.
Lets all send JB Partners an email asking that they resend their directive. If the White House can have 54 Christmas Tree’s, I think we can leave one in a Senior Citizens center with out total breakdown of our political process; There email address is;
JBjobs@jbproperty.net
Lets all send them a Merry Christmas statement.
Just sent of my email message to them! What a great idea – thanks!
God bless everyone even scrooge and jb partners. Merry Christmas
I have a feeling so many people are trying to reach JB Partners that the site is down. But I am going to leave an email posted by Carol, above.
JB Partners Group,
Didn’t you get the memo? Christmas trees have NOTHING to do with religion. It’s just a tree of celebration; a Winter Solstice celebration. How dare you even think of denying Seniors, anything. And even if the “Christmas Tree” was religious, so what? You may own the property the building sits on, you may even own the building, but you don’t live there. The Seniors live there and pay good money to stay there–leave them the phuck alone.
How dare you. How could any one deny Seniors of their right to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or anything else. GROW UP. I’ll bet you wouldn’t deny your kids, mother, father or your own grandparents a celebration. What are you going to tell them next they can’t sing for any occasion that comes up. Birthdays are out they might sing to loud or enjoy themselves or is it the Christmas holiday you hate. Don’t spoil someone else’s fun because you PJ Tatler/JP Partners Groups are unhappy. What a shaming. Your stock just went down. No Christmas bonus for you this year.
Kinda funny. I tired to contact them through their website and it’s out of service. I think they got and ear full. These people PAY to live there and should have the right to have a tree. What’s next? Stealing candy from kids. I hope folks in the area start boycotting JB Partners.