Jesus is the Reason for the Season
Sorry, Boston. For a city that prides itself on its role in American history you seem to have a convenient memory for other historical events. The holiday commonly known as Christmas focuses on the celebration of the birth of one of history's most important figures, Jesus of Nazareth. Labeling your annual Christmas tree a "holiday tree" is an insult not only to Jesus but to thinking people everywhere ("Boston 'holiday tree' stirs controversy").
Not that the Commonwealth can make up its mind on religious freedom anyway. The story of Roger Williams illustrates a long-standing religious intolerance despite that the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by men and women fleeing religious intolerance. Before you try to be politically correct, Boston, perhaps you should get your own house in order. In the meantime, bring back Christmas.
While you are at it, apologize Donnie Hatt, the kind gentleman who donated the tree (pictured at left with daughter Michelle). He said that "if he'd known the tree he donated to Boston would be called a holiday tree, 'I'd have cut it down and put it through the chipper.' Boston should 'just put Return to Sender on it because we sent it as a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree,' the Chester Basin man said Wednesday after a barrage of phone calls from U.S. television and radio stations and newspapers" (source).
