Before heading to the Middle East, I got in the season’s spirit during a brief stopover in Salt Lake City.
The Mormon Temple puts on a terrific light show.
Hospitality is excellent, too. They offer a free shuttle from the airport for travelers who have a few hours to spare in SLC.
Some of the photos are from the impressive downtown Gateway Mall.
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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are: Christmas trees. It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, “Merry Christmas” to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
Rick McCharles 