aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Boston and DC and the holiday tree

Falwell’s fa la la la lawyers are keeping busy fighting the War on Christmas in Boston and DC. (Falwell on GMA just now, “...we’re kicking their butts and they’re unhappy.")

Sunday Joe Gandelman brought us this story from Boston:

Boston set off a furor this week when it officially renamed a giant tree erected in a city park a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree.”

The move drew an angry response from Christian conservatives, including evangelist Jerry Falwell who heckled Boston officials and pressed the city to change the name back.

“There’s been a concerted effort to steal Christmas,” Falwell told Fox Television.

Last night John pointed out that the Speaker of the House is on the case. He wrote the Capitol architect:

If it’s a spruce tree adorned with 10,000 lights and 5,000 ornaments displayed on the Capitol grounds in December, it’s a Christmas tree and that’s what it should be called, says House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

All just as you’d expect. But somehow Fox News missed the memo!

Fox News, the media company whose hosts have staunchly defended the public use of the word “Christmas,” is raising eyebrows after posting a story on its website with the headline, “Holiday Trees Arrive at Capitol, White House.”

Via World O’Crap.