A constitutional amendment might be in order

Published 9:18am Tuesday, November 27, 2012

To the editor:

A United States Constitutional amendment may be in order.

It would make the playing of Christmas music on the radio before Thanksgiving a federal offense, punishable by no less than a $1,000 fine and a noncommutable sentence of 30 days in jail with music piped into the prisoner’s cell, 24/7, playing over and over again Gene Autry’s recording of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

– Bill Wuehrmann, Tryon

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