Let it glow! Let it glow! Let it glow!

Radical environmentalists have mixed emotions this time of the year. They want to celebrate Christmas like everyone else, but they can’t get over the fact that the holidays accompany the most conspicuous season of energy consumption in the U.S. With billions of stringed light bulbs on buildings and trees across the nation, the illumined beauty of Christmas must surely vex those who despise an electrified America. And as for chopping down all those Christmas trees, one wonders where the Sierra Club and the Occupy protesters are? Why aren’t they staging their protests at Christmas tree farms, Home Depot, and every little farmer’s market across the country?