World | North Korea Grinch N. Korea Shakes Fist at South's Christmas Lights Pyongyang is not happy with Christmas tree-shaped tower on border By Polly Davis Doig Posted Dec 24, 2012 4:45 PM CST Copied The offending 100-foot-tall steel Christmas tree tower with about 30,000 light bulbs, is lit by Christian groups in Gimpo, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The North is not happy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Dear Whos in Whoville, South Korea can surely feel your pain: It seems that Seoul opted to let Christians light a Christmas tree-shaped tower on the frontline over the weekend. This egregious affront predictably triggered a not-over-the-top-whatsoever response from Mount Crumpit, er, Pyongyang, which is now accusing its southern neighbor of engaging in psychological warfare due to its acute embarrassment earlier this month over the North's staggering victory in managing to get a missile off the ground. Unspecified-but-surely-dire consequences are pending if South Korea doesn't take the tower down; the AP notes that it goes dark Jan. 2. Read These Next Salesforce CEO's ICE joke leaves employees fuming. A federal judge backed Mark Kelly in his fight against Pete Hegseth. Elon Musk responds to the mass exodus at xAI. He evaded arrest for 16 years, but his luck ran out at the Olympics. Report an error