I don't think he meant the "Merry Christmas" part seriously

Yet another FWIW reporter, the one our paid staffer in Old Greenwich, submits this:

CT state crew assembles to remove 70 foot pine tree on Laddins Rock Road, with eleven workers, one cherry picker, one large front loader and four dump trucks. I had a larger lightning damaged tree removed, right next to my home, with two guys from a local tree service in one day, including stump grinding.  I can't wait until the government runs health care.

Merry Christmas.