This is the greatest newspaper Christmas headline ever written -- and every blessed word is true. < An electrician -- first name Oliver -- was blown to bits in an explosion that occurred in one of the hallways of an apartment building in a small Canadian town two days before Christmas. < Earlier that week, the publisher had instructed the editors to use "Christmas-y" expressions in all headlines, if at all possible, "because our readers really love Christmas." < John Robertson, a young deskman, remembered it well and certainly obliged when he handled the story about the horrible explosion, then wrote this fitting headline that appeared in huge type on the newspaper's front page of its Christmas Eve edition: < < DECK THE HALLS WITH BALLS OF OLLIE < Robertson was eventually fired by the newspaper but NOT for writing the greatest "Christmas-y " headline of all time. He later went on to become one of Canada's best and most respected sports columnists. < Merry Christmas, John Robertson, wherever you are. < < -- Ed Conrad < ============================ < PROOF OF LIFE AFTER DEATH < http://www.edconrad.com/pics/Miracle.jpg http://edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/index.html < MAN AS OLD AS COAL http://www.edconrad.com < ================= < Other posts: |