{"id":2027,"date":"2022-12-17T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T20:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulliadis.com\/blog\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2022-12-17T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T22:21:33","slug":"an-inside-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulliadis.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/an-inside-job\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inside Job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The following is part of a \u201cshared storytelling event\u201d over at I Saw Lightning Fall <\/a>, Advents Ghosts 2022<\/a>. We were tasked to write a scary story of exactly 100 words in length. I don\u2019t know how much this counts as a \u201cstory\u201d but this is my attempt at an entry. As far as “scary” your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Inside Job<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1659, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony deems it a criminal offense to publicly celebrate Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 6th 2045, the Freedom party gains control of all three branches of government, repeals the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and declares Christmas a secular holiday, banning it on the basis it’s never mentioned in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 25, 2047 Cynthia Bowman is arrested for having houseplant greater than 48 inches of height indoors in the twelfth month of the calendar year and adorning said shrubbery with a star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The War on Christmas always was an inside job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is part of a \u201cshared storytelling event\u201d over at I Saw Lightning Fall , Advents Ghosts 2022. We were tasked to write a scary story of exactly 100 words in length. I don\u2019t know how much this counts as a \u201cstory\u201d but this is my attempt at an entry. As far as “scary” your mileage may vary. An Inside Job 1659, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony deems it a criminal offense to publicly celebrate Christmas. January 6th…<\/p>\n

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