PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Like Charlie Brown's fictional Christmas tree, the Christmas tree in the rotunda of the Rhode Island State House has been subjected to a certain lack of respect this weekend.An Associated Press story uncovering the not-exactly-startling fact that needles have fallen off the tree was picked up Friday by the New York Post, which upped the ante with the headline: "This is the saddest state capital Christmas tree."Reacting to that [...]
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Christine Dunn, The Providence Journal
Sat, 12/16/2017 - 2:24pm
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