Holiday/Christmas Tree, Round 2
Gov. Chafee's office backtracks from an announcement Monday that there would be no official tree-lighting ceremony this year.
There will be a tree-lighting ceremony this year after all. Gov. Lincoln Chafee's top press aide said Tuesday she spoke in error Monday when she said there would be no tree lighting ceremony. "There will be an official tree lighting ceremony at the State House with the Governor in attendance," said Christine Hunsinger in an email statement. No date has been set. Now, the question is, will protesters turn up again as they did last year, when Gov. Lincoln Chafee referred to the large evergreen in the middle of the State House rotonda as a holiday tree instead of a Christmas tree. The tree was erected Monday. Last December, Chafee was lambasted by GOP lawmakers, some talk show hosts, and the Roman Catholic Bishop Tobin for his decision to …
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10:26 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The whole tree lighting and what people want to call it is irrelevant. If we are going to be nit picky then Christians should reconsider the traditions celebrated in December entirely. When in boils down to it the whole thing, the tree, the gifts, the gathering around eating and drinking were all to celebrate Pagan gods from up and down the European continent, including a few middle-eastern ones … more ›