Is It a Black Christmas for Boston?

It may be the holidays, but it's been a terrible weekend for the entire city. First was Friday night's Dorchester drive-by that left three wounded, one critically. Last night, two people were stabbed outside Symphony Hall while the Holiday Pops merrily carried on.

And then there's yesterday's news of some idiot who held up a priest with a hunting knife - inside the St. Francis Chapel. On top of that incident is the attempted kidnapping of a 10-year-old in Copley Square.

It doesn't stop with the Holiday Pops stabbings, the assault on the priest, and the shootings. The recent headlines on the BPD News Blog seem particularly rough, as if people are trying to settle scores before the New Year starts. Here's a sample: "Two Arrested After Assaulting Cab Driver in South Boston," "Suspect With Loaded Firearm in Dorchester," "Firearms Recovered at House Party in Dorchester," "Double Stabbing in East Boston," and so forth.

The only bright light is that the police arrested six alleged drug dealers in an operation grimly named "Operation Season's Greeting."

Image of the horror flick Black Christmas taken from Internet Movie Database. It's not meant to make light of the situation - it's just that we've seen enough crime-scene tape on the news lately.