Was she evicted because she refused to take down her Peeps display?

If you work retail, you cannot help but notice that our sacred holidays have been reduced to the lowest form of stupidity. We are coming up on Easter April 4th. This is the holiday of Peeps! I have a new heroine. Her name is Carol Burdick, and she lives in the Peoples Republic of Boulder, Colorado. Heath Urie wrote about Ms. Burdick this month in the Boulder Camera. Ms. Burdick claims that her landlord kicked her out because she would not take down her Easter decorations last year, which included the "bunny-shaped sugar-coated marshmallow candies attached to the top of her door."

My fellow blogger (and fellow Wal-Mart cashier) Cliff Stewart and I have been talking about this phenomena of how we reduce our most sacred holidays to something totally unrelated to their sacred meanings, and we have talked about writing about this phenomena. Cliff has a wonderful blog listed on the right side of my blog. His is entitled JavaJazzJesus. He recently wrote a series of wonderful posts about St. Patrick, whose holiday we just celebrated by wearing green and getting drunk. I heartily recommend you go by Cliff's blog and read some wonderful theology from a man who is anything but holier than thou.

Anyway, Ms. Burdick's trial begins in Boulder on March 30. The issue is "whether Peeps are a sugary symbol of artistic expression - or garbage." Do you think Cliff and I should make the long drive to Boulder to cover this trial? According to Urie, Ms. Burdick has scheduled witnesses from throughout the state who have an affinity for Peeps. The list of witnesses includes a Littleton couple who won a Peeps diorama contest and a Denver man who hosts an annual Peeps-themed barbeque.

We may find that there is more to this complicated court case if Cliff and I get to digging around and doing some investigative blogging. For example, the landlord says Ms. Burdick was evicted solely because she did not pay her rent.