Few accepted Rudolph. The community considered him a weird and unsightly contrast. Reindeer bullies browbeat coach Comet into banishing the outcast from their presence.

This brings us to Big Blue Frame. Critics pointed, laughed and called it ugly. They gathered tens of thousands of signatures, demanding city officials rid them of the weird new object.

City officials caved just like Coach Comet. The frame was gone at the crack of dawn Monday, only days after a social media uproar began.

“We recognize that while one of our goals is driving tourism, the concept focused too heavily on visitors, and was not well-received by local residents who feel a great deal of ownership of the Park. That viewpoint is extremely important,” said a statement from city government and the Olympic City USA task force.

Don’t say City Hall doesn’t listen. In all fairness to the critics, the frame was an eyesore in the pristine setting of Garden of the Gods. People visit that park to forget about humanity, preferring the views Adam and Eve probably enjoyed.

Somewhere on the city’s Island of Misfit Toys, Big Blue Frame awaits a welcoming home. Rudolph found his place, as did every other misfit in the tale. Big Blue Frame, and those who conceived of it, deserve a similar happy ending.

Big Blue Frame should find happiness, acceptance and joy on the campus of the future U.S. Olympic Museum in downtown Colorado Springs, set to open next year.

The Olympic City USA Task Force proposed the frame, and merely recommended an unfortunate location.

The Olympic Museum and Garden of the Gods will have one thing in common. Each will attract tourists and locals.

Beyond that, these locations are dramatically different. The park is nature’s creation. The museum, like the frame, is a modern creation of man. The campus will include a beautiful, state-of-the-art, modern building in an urban setting surrounded by city streets and a major freeway.

From the museum, visitors will have good views of the Foothills, Garden of the Gods in the distance, downtown Colorado Springs, the museum, Pikes Peak, and more.

A more suitable location for a contemporary public expression, with an interesting back-story, may be hard to find. Big Blue would assist museum visitors in framing themselves in front of breathtaking backdrops limited only by the number of angles from which anyone can point a camera.

The museum gift store might do well selling tiny replicas, including those that serve as practical household frames.

Big Blue Frame can become an iconic symbol of the photos with which we preserve memories of Colorado’s unmatched beauty. Place the frame near the museum, and turn this minor flop into success we can all be proud of and chuckle about.