The city of Boston recently decided their annual Christmas tree, donated by loggers in Nova Scotia every year since 1918, was to be called a "holiday tree" as opposed to a Christmas tree. I'm fairly Jeffersonian in terms of separation of Church and State, but Christmas is not just a religious holiday in America. As an example, I once asked a co-worker why we got the day off for Christmas and not Easter. His response--Easter was a "religious holiday". But to call a Christmas tree by some other name suggests that Boston was discriminating against other "holiday trees". Let's see, was it the Hannukah Tree? No. Was it the Ramadan Tree? Uh, nope. Was it the Kwanzaa Tree? I don't think so.
This kind of "we better not offend anyone" political correctness is insidious and must be nipped in the bud. As the Nova Scotian said:
The Nova Scotia logger who cut down the 48-foot (14-meter) tree was indignant and said he would not have donated the tree if he had known of the name change.
"I'd have cut it down and put it through the chipper," Donnie Hatt told a Canadian newspaper. "If they decide it should be a holiday tree, I'll tell them to send it back. If it was a holiday tree, you might as well put it up at Easter."
Such clear thinking is sorely lacking in most governments these days.
BOSTON MAYOR TAKES A "STAND" 11/25
It'll be a Christmas tree, dangit.
MORE 11/30
Denny Hastert is putting his foot down on the Captitol -- it's a Christmas tree. Just do it, Denny.
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