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While We're On the Subject of Christmas...

Can we talk about "holiday trees"? I just hate that. Really. They are not "holiday trees". They are Christmas trees. I don't care how many non-Christians think they are pretty and want to display them. They are pretty. Feel free to buy one and decorate up a storm. It doesn't make them any less Christmas trees.*

And poinsettias and wreaths? These are not neutral, secular decorations. They are Christmas decorations.

*Unless you happen to be a follower of certain pagan religions, in which case they are not, in fact, Christmas trees. They are Yule trees. So fine. But for everyone else? Christmas trees.

Posted by Lesley on December 5, 2005 11:19 PM |

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Typically I decorate a palm tree, would that still be a christmas tree?

Posted by: Rick DeMent | December 6, 2005 03:52 PM

What if we line nine of them up in row?

Posted by: Just John | December 7, 2005 07:11 PM

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