See what happens when you try to mess with Christmas, Kim Jong Il.  Just saying. 

I had this marked as something to post but that was before KJI kicked the bucket.  I still think this situation is hilarious, even in light of how stressed I feel for the North Koreans and So. Korea and Japan right now.

And since when has a Christmas Tree ever converted people to Christianity?  What, was it topped with the baby Jesus?  I would be more likely to convert to night-time ELECTRICITY if I were living in NorKor.

North Korea Threatens to Bomb South Korean Christmas Trees?

Seoul granted permission to a church group to erect a 100-foot-tall, tree-shaped structure on the top of Aegibong Hill – two miles from the North Korean border. When illuminated by hundreds of tiny light bulbs, the structure is said to be easily visible from the North Korean city of Kaesong.

South Korea said it would consider allowing more groups to build structures along the border.

After hearing of the decision, North Korean news agency Uriminzokkiri called the plan a “mean attempt for psychological warfare.” South Korea claimed the trees represent their country’s freedom of religion and expression.

North Korea has vowed to retaliate.

Uriminzokkiri added that the lighting is an act of propaganda, as residents of the communist, largely atheistic North Korea are given only repackaged and highly regulated information – information the North’s government purports to be true.

The two countries had reached an agreement in 2004 that forbade either side from promoting religious or political ideas within eyesight of the other country.

North Korea accused the South of trying to convert its people and soldiers to Christianity with last year’s display.

North Korea claims it has a large stock of artillery, which is already aimed at South Korea, that is fully capable of taking out the tree.