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1 posted on 11/27/2012 9:05:25 PM PST by doug from upland
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La Palma, CA also calls it “holiday tree”

http://www.cityoflapalma.org/index.aspx?nid=310


2 posted on 11/27/2012 9:07:02 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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Chafee didn’t leave the Republican party soon enough.


5 posted on 11/27/2012 9:11:00 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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***Instead of arguing over the tree, the governor called on lawmakers to focus their energy on feeding the poor.***

That’s just what’s being done, Governor.

It is written: ‘Man does not live by bread alone’.


6 posted on 11/27/2012 9:24:28 PM PST by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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Hey, Rhode Island elected that milquetoast faggot Chafee and they deserve exactly what they voted for.


7 posted on 11/27/2012 9:25:39 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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Cultural Marxism continues.


8 posted on 11/27/2012 9:30:06 PM PST by Viennacon
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A holiday tree ( or bush ) is what one buys in Muslim countries where Christmas is illegal. I’ve done it. Just thought they would like to know.


10 posted on 11/27/2012 9:36:33 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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A Rhode Island lawmaker is calling Gov. Lincoln Chafee “Governor Grinch” after he defied lawmakers and decided that the state would have a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree.”

I wonder if the old atheist is aware that the word "holiday" is derived from "holy day"?

11 posted on 11/27/2012 9:37:22 PM PST by oldbrowser (Welcome to U.S.Zimbabwe)
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Possibly more interesting is that the notion of a Christmas tree, or even celebrating Christmas as a uniquely special day, wasn’t done among the early New England settlers. It was a German custom.

In fact, the Christmas tree didn’t show up in America till at earliest around 1800 and didn’t really become popular till mid-century or later.


13 posted on 11/27/2012 9:41:53 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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How about tolerating Christianity?


14 posted on 11/27/2012 9:59:24 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (If you're FOR sticking scissors in a baby girl's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
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My new Governor called it like it is. She said a Christmas tree is just that and a Menorah is NOT a candle holder!

Get yourself OVER here, Doug! Tell you-know-who that there’s lots of you-know-what shops here!!! And they’re really nice people.

Come on over, Dude!


16 posted on 11/27/2012 10:05:02 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (Psalm 83)
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We Americans wouldn’t want to “offend” our muzzie friends with our Christianity now, would we?


17 posted on 11/27/2012 10:23:57 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Don't tax me bro! Tax that guy over there!)
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Which “Holiday” would that be? 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day (sarc)


23 posted on 11/27/2012 11:04:26 PM PST by drinktheobamakoolaid (There is still time to make a difference)
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Which “Holiday” would that be? 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day (sarc)


24 posted on 11/27/2012 11:04:53 PM PST by drinktheobamakoolaid (There is still time to make a difference)
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More PC horse sh*t, featuring a lame governor who’s too cowardly to come out as an atheist anti-Christian, so he attempts to defend his BS by hiding behind some moldy - and utterly irrelevant - old religious dissident of three hundred fifty years ago.

Strap some b*lls on, Governor Chickensh*t, and say what you mean: “I wanted to take a cr*p on Christians and Christianity, and show how hip I am with the current trend in bashing American traditions, and that’s what I did!”


25 posted on 11/27/2012 11:50:18 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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I also noticed that all of the radio commercials now talk about the “holiday season” instead of the Christmas season. The power of revision.


26 posted on 11/28/2012 12:10:09 AM PST by Republican1795.
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Shhhh...!
Don't tell the scumbag Democrats that "holiday" is merely the one-word version of "holy day".
30 posted on 11/28/2012 12:30:06 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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Don’t forget that Chaffee was FULLY SUPPORTED by the Republican Establishment on his last Senate re-election bid. That even included personal campaigning by President Bush. He still lost. And by that time, he was nearly voting in line with the Democrats.

Why was he supported by The Establishment so strongly on what was a hopeless race anyway (to the point where others probably lost due to Chaffee taking money)?

1) He was an incumbent
2) He wasn’t a conservative

That’s it. Those are the rules if you want money from the Republican Senatorial Committee, or whoever they are.


33 posted on 11/28/2012 3:48:28 AM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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I guess the question would be, “Which Holiday does the tree signify?”


34 posted on 11/28/2012 4:01:44 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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What ‘holiday’ would that be?


37 posted on 11/28/2012 4:29:19 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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“festival of trees” “festival of lights” “holiday tree”. Anything so they don’t call it Christmas!

I’m tired of politicians kissing the a$$e$ of people who would slice our necks if we tried to put up a Christmas tree in their countries.


38 posted on 11/28/2012 4:37:14 AM PST by I want the USA back
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