An American Airlines passenger boarding a flight at La Guardia on Tuesday was kicked off after he went off on a rant about Christmas. The man reportedly grew agitated at a flight attendant who wished him “Merry Christmas,” saying, “You shouldn’t say that because not everyone celebrates Christmas.”
The guy has got a valid point, but no one in the plane was in the mood for entertaining what followed: On the plane, another member of the crew issued the Christmas Eve greeting, sending the man into what Mediaite describes as a “meltdown.” Crew members weren’t able to placate him, and eventually he was taken off the plane as others cheered.
Last year, we caught a glimpse of Christmas trees hanging under the BQE in Brooklyn and found it intriguing. The installation was created by artist Michael Neff and for 2013, he went even bigger. He also gave us some background on the unsanctioned project, telling ANIMAL: After December 25th, New…
In a cooperative neighborhood Christmas light display that would make Clark Griswold green with envy, the residents of this southwestern U.S. suburb synced all their lights up to Trans-Siberian Orchestra's classic track Wizards Of Winter. They then shot the whole thing with a drone. That's one way around the FAA's current…
Finally, we may be entering an era in which we never have to pull ourselves from our iPhones, not even for a minute. The New York Times is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration is set to give up on perhaps its silliest rule: no phones during takeoff and landing. It makes…
