The work, simply titled Tree, sparked controversy overnight, with prude Parisians deeming the Ferris wheel-sized sex toy to be an inappropriate, even humiliating addition to their otherwise noble city. The outrage reached such heights that McCarthy was assaulted during an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde.
新聞 聖誕老人是消費主義的神
爭議性藝術家Paul McCarthy曾在法國芳登廣場設計件外型極像情趣玩具的聖誕樹，被民眾毆打且作品被毀，在基督教虔誠的國家（還是舊教）實在太挑釁了
“He hit me in the head, hard,” McCarthy later told the Hollywood Reporter. “He was screaming that I insulted France, but that was never my intention.
畢竟對歐美人來說，即便總統譴責，還是世俗化的基督徒，聖誕節的意義非凡，且伴隨兒時回憶！但消費主義在節慶的氾濫，不得不說這作品很尖銳，但非常成功
My apologies to France.
我：聖誕節時很冷，很多商家地鐵不營業，博物館美術館沒開，我一個人去幹嘛？
十一月下旬就有聖誕市集，十一月櫥窗就有聖誕佈置，除了聖誕報佳音和國王談話時聖誕節獨有