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  • Airport removes Christmas trees to avoid suit

    12/11/2006 11:32:10 AM PST · by Aggie Dad · 64 replies · 1,164+ views
    MSNBC ^ | December 11, 2006 | Associated Press
    SEATAC, Wash. - The official Christmas trees are still down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, but a few little trees have popped up at airline counters. An employee at Frontier Airlines took up a collection on Monday and bought a few foot-tall trees for the counter. The initiative followed a decision by airport officials to remove its nine Christmas trees instead of adding a giant Jewish menorah to the holiday display as a rabbi had requested. Maintenance workers boxed up the trees during the graveyard shift early Saturday, when airport bosses believed few people would notice. “We decided to take the...
  • 'Tis not the season at Sea-Tac Airport (Christmas Trees to Come Down at Seattle Airport)

    12/09/2006 10:56:18 PM PST · by Coleus · 107 replies · 3,469+ views
    KOMO-TV ^ | 12.09.06 | April Zepeda
    There will be no more Christmas trees at Sea-Tac Airport this season after the Port of Seattle received at least one complaint about them. For more than 25 years, the airport has celebrated the holidays with Christmas trees over its entrances. But overnight, the Port of Seattle ordered all 15 trees removed. "I think it's very unfortunate. Why lose the Christmas spirit? Christmas is for kids," said passenger Lisa Jones. The Port allowed "holiday" decorations to remain but decided to take down all the Christmas trees after a Jewish religious leader complained they were offensive. "It's a Christmas tree! It's...