Father Driscoll discussed the shocking cost of shipping from Florida, and expounded on coconut
palms, and fishtail
palms, and tiger
palms, and many other species of
palms, and noted that as far as he could tell from his inquiries, Our Blessed
Lord rode His donkey
over the fronds of date
palms, which is why our parish makes a strenuous effort every year to obtain date
palms, for historical accuracy, but inasmuch as this year the cost of date
palm fronds was prohibitively high, he was sure that the ladies would agree with him that the correct thing to do was to use local willow wands instead, and thus save money that could be directed to the poor and unfortunate of the parish.