Posted on 12/22/2009 5:39:48 PM PST by Mrs. Frogjerk
There is a Christmas tree inside town hall in Cary, North Carolina, but town officials couldn’t bring themselves to call it by its proper name, so they relabeled it the “Community Tree.” They used to have a “Holiday Tree” in Madison, Wisconsin, but even that was deemed too improper this year, so they opted for “The State Capitol Tree.” American Atheists threw a party decorating what they called their “Solstice Tree.”
Vineland, New Jersey opted to call their Christmas parade the “Holiday parade,” maintaining that because Urban Enterprise Zone dollars are used to fund the parade, they can’t call it the Christmas parade. In Howard County, Indiana they decided not to have a manger scene this year, and elected instead to have a lighted display of the Loch Ness Monster, a whale and other animals. Waterbury, Connecticut is awash in “Winter” concerts and the like, and the sages there even renamed their holiday parties “celebrations.” What they were celebrating remains a mystery, but one thing is for sure: Santa was not allowed to give out gifts as that job was assigned to Frosty the Snowman.
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Why even bother doing anything for the "Holiday" if you aren't even willing to admit what "Holiday" it is that you are supposedly celebrating?
The world has indeed gone to hell in a handbasket!
Two liter plastic Coca-Cola bottle in my fridge...One side of the label says “Feliz Navidad,’ the other side says “Holidays 2009.”
OK? That just makes a lot of sense!
I guess it’s harder to pretend that you aren’t celebrating Christmas in another language.
I’m going to voice my displeasure to the mayor since I live in one of those towns.
Here in Northern Wisconsin my daughter’s high school had a “holiday” concert. I was disappointed, but once inside, the gym/auditorium echoed with songs like Silent Night and The First Noel. Amen to that.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
If public officials won’t celebrate Christmas, then they should be forced to consider Dec. 25th as an ordinary workday and made to work. Period.
You can’t have it both ways.
This is beyond silly. It is a CHRISTMAS TREE!!...Merry Christmas to you.
No kidding?! That really does demonstrate the stupidity of this PC crap.
...make it stop...
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