It's a Christmas Tree! What's So Hard About That?

There's a big, new Republican-inspired scandal erupting in Washington. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has decreed that the lighted and decorated tree erected each year at the capital this season will henceforth be known as a "Christmas tree."

"It was known as the 'Holiday Tree' for several years and just recently was changed back to the 'Capitol Christmas Tree.' This was a directive from the speaker," said Capitol architect Matthew Evans.
"The speaker believes a Christmas tree is a Christmas tree, and it is as simple as that," said Ron Bonjean, spokesman for the Illinois Republican.

Apparently, it's been some time since anyone has had the balls to call it what it is. As Matthew Staver, president and general counsel of Liberty Counsel points out, "Government officials, either because of misinformation, or private retailers, for politically correct reasons, are trying to secularize Christmas.
"To rename a Christmas tree as a holiday tree is as offensive as renaming a Jewish menorah a candlestick," Mr. Staver said.

Boston recently renamed its Christmas tree a "holiday tree," in reaction to which the logger who cut it down fumed, "I'd have cut it down and put it through the chipper," if I had known what Boston was going to do," Donnie Hatt told a Canadian newspaper. "If they decide it should be a holiday tree, I'll tell them to send it back. If it was a holiday tree, you might as well put it up at Easter."