THE GRINCH HAS GOT NOTHING ON THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT: “It took less than 24 hours for all the Christmas trees, lights and bells to disappear from a 27-story shopping and office complex in the Chinese city of Nanyang. Even the giant teddy bear at the mall entrance wasn’t spared, said Ma Jun, who works at a tutoring company in the building. ‘Everything is gone and cleaned,’ she said…At least four Chinese cities and one county have ordered restrictions on Christmas celebrations this year, according to official notices and interviews. Students, teachers and parents from 10 schools around China told The Associated Press that Christmas celebrations have been curtailed.”

As Rick Moran writes, “still Communists after all these years.”