From the Picturetown Collection 2008 ©
BOSTON –– Residents of a small town north of Boston are upset seeing Frosty the Snowman get torched every year during a Fourth of July celebration. According to the Gloucester Times, The Firemen's Association volunteers were told not to use any snowmen on top of the annual Fourth of July bonfire in Rockport, Mass. This flap started four years ago after residents became upset when a 12-foot inflatable snowman went up in flames in the city's 2004 holiday bonfire.
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There's a bit more to this story - WCVB-TV and the Gloucester times missed the mark in the fact Frosty was consumed in 2004 - and made an appearance in 2007 - but was 'rescued' by the fire department in a scripted segment before the bonfire was started.
Some oversensitive residents decided they didn't like the presentation, and have created the controversy. While it's been good for t-shirt sales (Which Giarrosso and York have donated all revenue to the Fire Association) it has caused enough of a stink that the Fire Association relieved them of volunteer duties on this year's presentation, for the first time since 2000.
This is a case of the few dictating to the many what they can and can't see. The Fire Association is just trying to appease everyone and make it less controversial... but the controversy is a few residents upset because they have to explain that an inflatable snowman isn't a living thing to their children.
Thank you Tom. Are you Tim's brother? Or was that another error made in the story? I plan to run a retort to this by the end of today.
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