[NorthOf45]

Ridiculous ... just ridiculous.

[DeusExMachina05]

Does this surprise anyone, cause it doesnt surprise me. Although Canada doesnt have the lock on virtue when it comes to pc speech.

[Savage Beast]

"A lot of people celebrate various religious holidays but also enjoy the lights, and we're trying to be inclusive."

Hey, Toni. Why not let all those people who are "offended" by Christmas worry about being "inclusive"?

[Investment Biker]

Ah the Christmas tree. It crept from pagan conquest of northern Europe by Christians into the celebration of Christ's mass. There is also the advent wreath that crept in. Now the pagans are reclaiming the tree. I say good riddance, let them have their weird beliefs. Let us now return to a Christmas without pagan symbols.

[Clint Lippo]

This kind of idiocy of Mass. I went to the Witch Museum in Salem MA,and at the end of the exhibits was a display dealing with Sen. Joe McCarthy.[Witch hunts,how clever.] Sarc.

[Willie Green]

"Ever since I was born, a tree was put up for Christmas, not for holidays, because if you're gonna do that you might as well put a tree up for Easter."

[coloradan]

It's the "giving tree festival." Courtesy of Ann Coulter.

(Rules!)

[newzjunkey]

"I think it's a bunch of bullcrap"

That pretty much sums it up.

[FReepaholic]

..."Ever since I was born, a tree was put up for Christmas..."

Ah yes, the sacred "kill a tree for Christ" tradition.

[Nea Wood]

"I think it's a bunch of bullcrap," Hatt said Tuesday.

You said it best, sir.

[Always A Marine]

"A lot of people celebrate various religious holidays but also enjoy the lights, and we're trying to be inclusive," said Toni Pollak, Boston's commissioner of parks.

Inclusive? This is not inclusive, but exclusive. It is the exclusion of Christ from public life.

[IVC1974]

Boston has forgotten its Christian roots...no, in fact, Boston has spit on its Christian roots. It has spit on the Pilgrims, on William Bradford, on the Puritans. Boston has rewritten history in fact. Boston is one God-hating reprobate town.

But, mark this Boston: When a nation or people spit on and reject their true history and heritage, the end is near.

[BenLurkin]

May they never send another.

Sending a good Christmas tree to New England is casting pearls before left wing swine.

[savedbygrace]

Are there any other holidays that have a tradition involving a pine tree, either decorated or undecorated?

I don't know of any, but that doesn't mean there aren't.

Anybody?

[Alouette]

It is a "Yule" tree, and decorating the tree was originally a pagan ritual.

[Semper911]

This has been on the local radio news here, and they have interviewed the guy. He sounds mighty pissed. I would be too.

This holiday crap has got to stop. If we claim to be so tolerant of all religions, why the hell can't we mention Christmas?

Would we ever refer to the "holiday candle holder thingy? Of course not.

[VOA]

The States is never happy with the way things are. They always gotta change something.

I'd tell the fellow that it's really PARTS of the States that always
gotta change something...like Boston, San Francisco, Austin TX, etc.

[VOYAGER]

Officials with Boston's parks department decided it would be less offensive to some people and generally more inclusive if the word "Christmas" was dropped when they referred to the tree.

Supposedly intelligent people duped by the smarmey and idiotic "political correctness" moronic schlemeel crowd.

The Lemmings are on the march again so the blimp heads got in lockstep like good little Socialists.

[little jeremiah]

Moral Absolutes Ping.

"Holiday" tree. Arbor Day? Labor Day? Why are they so afraid of the word "CHRIST mas?"

Freepmail me if you want on/off this pinglist.

Happy Thanks Giving!

[Texas Eagle]

A spruce tree grower in Nova Scotia isn't happy his 16-metre Christmas tree has become a "holiday" tree in Massachusetts.

Dumbasses. First of all, Christmas tree have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas and second, the root word for "holiday" is "holy day" so they're STILL giving the tree a religious connotation.

[CommandoFrank]

his 16-metre Christmas tree has become a "holiday" tree in Massachusetts.

Yes, it is ridiculous. Especially when you know that the word 'holiday' was derived from 'Holy Day'.

And did you know the word 'liberal' is a derivitive of 'politically correct loser'?