'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Here's a Reminder About the Meaning of Environmentalism

San Gabriel Valley Tribune reporter Steve Scauzillo turns the words of the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore into an environmental message.

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December 24, 2017, 1:00 PM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


Steve Scauzillo has taken the words of the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Clement Clarke Moore, as inspiration for a series of environmental messages. Consider at a pile of gifts under a environmentally-friendly Christmas tree (?).

A sample:

‘Twas the night before Christmas … night, the best time to save energy by turning off lights and using only energy-efficient LED light bulbs...

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse: …with so many creatures leaving this earth forever, I’m appealing to homeowners to stop putting rat or mouse poison outside their homes to save the critters living inside our ecosystem. 

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 in San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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