Political Correctness

Usually I do try to be as politically correct as possible, without going overboard. I say police officers (bless'em), chairpersons, forepersons...no gender bias there. This morning tho' I was more than a little disturbed to see on the news that Boston, MA, has announced the tree, that's being erected on the Commons, will not be called Christmas Tree, but Holiday Tree. Again the excuse of not offending anyone whose faith is not Christian. To me, that's carrying PC way too far. North America is mainly Christian. I would not go live in someone's country which has a different faith & insist they include mine in their national holidays to the exclusion of mentioning their's. Neither do the many different faiths of this continent insist Christians should not have "Christmas" celebrations out in the public areas. Many of them have spoken out against this increasing practice of "deleting" Christmas traditions.
BTW, the Boston tree is donated every year from Halifax, NS, as thanks for Boston's aid after the Halifax explosion during WWI. The donor this year said, when he was told of the "re-naming" of his tree, that he was sorry he had cut it down to be sent. To his way of thinking, the tree could now be used for any holiday, even Easter. Just don't call it Easter tree......
Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Merry Christmas! And To All...Good Night!

Starfire