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  • 'Christmas' to stay ('I'M NOT SCROOGE' , Front page banner!)

    12/03/2004 6:46:46 AM PST · by mondoman · 48 replies · 1,385+ views
    Rocky Mountain News ^ | 12-3-04 | David Montero
    City Hall inundated with opposition to 'Happy Holidays' sign It's a merry Christmas after all. Mayor John Hickenlooper, seeking to distance himself from Ebenezer Scrooge, said Thursday he wouldn't replace the "Merry Christmas" sign outside City Hall with one that instead read "Happy Holidays." "I apologize to anyone who may have been offended or mistakenly felt I was being anti-Christmas," he said. "Hickenlooper might have two O's, but I am not Scrooge." The controversy started last week when the mayor suggested a more inclusive sign might be used and thought "Happy Holidays" could encompass a variety of religious and cultural...