Even if you’re one of those people who, every Christmas, silently fumes at the house in your road that looks like the bastard child of a Las Vegas casino and an 80s acid house rave, you probably wouldn’t consider blowing it up.
But then again, you’re not North Korea.
When a South Korean Christian group were given the green light to rebuild a 30-foot Christmas tree near the border, the powers-that-be in Pyongyang were not impressed, to say the very least.
Seoul’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday that the steel tower on Aegibong, a hill just miles from the North Korean town of Kaesong, would be lined with light bulbs and have a cross placed on top.
But North Korea called the tree a tool for psychological warfare and immediately threatened to fire artillery at it, the Wall Street Journalreports.
‘[The tower] is not just a means for religious events but a symbol of madcap confrontation racket for escalating tensions,’ said North Korean state media.
South Korea, however, aren’t backing down, and say the new tower will be installed and lit up for two weeks from 23 December.
