Holiday Tree?

I shed few tears for the embattled Christians of this country who no longer get to set up nativity scenes outside schools and government offices. However, I will say that called a Christmas tree a holiday tree is patently absurd. Jews do not have Christmas trees. Christians do. This is a Christian tradition - one that should not be secularized. Apparently, some have gone that far - or so claims an interesting Strib article.

In my mind, this is a holiday season. Holiday seasons may involve fasting (when Ramadan conveniently falls over it), it may involve lighting candles, and it may involve setting up a Christmas tree. It ain't no holiday tree - I'll have to agree with Hastert on this ... and I don't have an evangelical audience to which I am pandering.