Just don’t call it a Christmas tree
An athiest couple in Bellevue, Washington, is asking the city council to remove a Christmas tree from their lobby stating that it represents Christmas. The city already has taken to calling the tree a ‘giving tree’ to remove the Christian tone from it. But, that is not good enough for Sidney and Jennifer Stock. They want it removed from the building.
The city does not intend to remove the tree, and the tree is planned to be set up again next year. The Stocks will fight against the tree again next year.
The Bellevue Giving Tree generates nearly $25,000 in donations each year.
Source: Komo4.com - Christmas Tree Controversy
What I find interesting about the Christmas tree controversy is that though Christmas trees represent Christmas, there’s really nothing religious about it for majority of the population. Christmas is undoubtedly an extremely secularized holiday, standing more for gift giving and party throwing than the birth of Jesus Christ. As a practicing Christian myself I try to observe Christmas as the latter, however that is not the case for most people. I just find the whole political correctness, “Happy Holidays” movement to be moot.