Rabbi Not Happy with Grinch Role, Trees Going Back Up at SeaTac

After a couple of days of national news following a rabbi's threat to sue SeaTac airport over Christmas trees, the rabbi apparently didn't enjoy his new status as "Grinch" and has withdrawn the lawsuit threat:

SEATAC, Wash. — The Christmas trees are going back up at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Port of Seattle officials had ordered the trees taken down over the weekend after a local rabbi threatened a lawsuit if a menorah wasn't also displayed at the airport.

Airport officials say they took that action out of concern that if they allowed the addition of a menorah, they would also have to display symbols of other religions and cultures, which was not something airport workers had time for during the busiest travel season of the year.

Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky says he never asked that the trees be taken down, and the threat of a lawsuit was withdrawn.

With the threat of the lawsuit gone, airport spokesman Bob Parker says all 14 trees will go back up -- hopefully by tomorrow morning.

This was a dumb argument from the start, and a fight the rabbi probably now regrets, though he'll probably get his menorrah next year.