Dec 19 2008
Robbing Carolers
It is not safe to be a Christmas caroler in Columbus, Georgia. Columbus Police arrested a man who is accused of trying to rob a small group of Christmas carolers at gunpoint. This is so anti-Christmas to start with but what makes it so much more horrible was the fact the carolers were children. This man points a gun at five children from the ages of seven to eleven and demands their belongings. What could children that young have to steal? They may have had a few dollars or a cell phone. Fortunately the children were not hurt and ran away from the man. He was arrested about an hour after the attempted robbery.
Gone are the days of carolers going door to door singing Christmas carols with peace and love. Gone are the days when children were considered precious even by criminals. Those innocent young children will forever associate Christmas with fear. Instead of gumdrops, Santa, toys, and stockings full of treats it will be nightmares of looking down the barrel of a gun. Even by today’s standards of criminals that is just lowdown.
We have also had some sad events happen in LaGrange, Georgia. During our local Christmas parade a child riding on one of the floats fell off the float and was ran over by another float. She is in the Hospital in Atlanta. It will be a sad Christmas for that family
but it could have been much worse.
I stopped going to the parades a few years ago when someone pushed my son at the parade in LaGrange. We got to the parade early that year so we could get a good view in the front right by the street. We stood on the side walk for over an hour before the parade started for this view. While the parade was going a man pushed his way through in his attempt to reach the sidewalk. He shoved my son in his effort to reach the front making my son almost fall into the street. I grabbed my son’s arm just before he fell. I gave the man a candy cane and told him I hoped it would make him a nicer person.
I wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas.
