Serpents of the season

Well, I was being sardonic when I referred to the holiday season and then directed your attention to the recent stories about cobras in the tax office and the windshield viper (sorry, couldn’t help myself)—the water moccasin that appeared on the windscreen of a family’s car as they were going at speed on a highway.

But it turns out there really are ophidian aspects of the holidays this year: at least two families (one in Idaho and the other in North Carolina) have hit the wires because their Christmas tree ornaments included…a snake.

I see a trend developing.