Is this incredibly tacky, or am I just being overly critical?
You are invited to a birthday party. Each year, Hobart businessman Nino Bruscemi gives a birthday party for Jesus on the first Saturday in December.
At noon Saturday at the gazebo in back of Hobart City Hall, there will be a parade with about 100 children in angel costumes, a live manger scene and guest singers. Santa Claus will pass out birthday cake.
Bruscemi started these birthday parties about 25 years ago as a way to remind everyone that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus' birth and not the commercialized frenzy.
Yessir, Santa Claus passing out the birthday cake. That'll really let people know the holiday is about Jesus and not the "commercialized frenzy." The story also notes that the upcoming Hobart mayor's Christmas brunch for senior citizens, during which "Hobart Councilman Jerry Herzog will perform a magic show." Watch him make your money disappear!
