This debate is really getting silly, since the Christmas tree as a symbol has little to nothing to do with the Christian celebration of Christmas. Its not a symbol of the church, its not a religeous icon.
If anything its a Pagan symbol symbolizing life, and was adopted by the German's in the 1500's to celebrate the winter solstice.
This argument that if you put up a christmas tree you have to put up symbols to celbrate the jewish holiday, or the Muslim faith etc is misdirected because then you would have to put up the nativity scene to celebrate the Christian meaning of christmas.
To me, it sounds like that Rabbi in the airport, and the judge have done very little research and are trying to take advantage of the ingrained paranoia that people have about political correctness all day.
The Christmas tree celebrates the holiday in a non religeous way as a holiday where families get together and celebrate thier life together, get drunk and exchange gifts while watching football.
If anyone should be ****ed off its the Pagan's because we've hijacked thier symbol.
but I have a solution, in every public square we should have a tree, the jewish menorah, some Islam symbol of the holiday (sorry can't remember one), a Mayan sacrifice altar, a 1:10 size recreation of stonehedge, and the nativity scene.
This is a stupid argument based on people not understanding the difference between religeous symbols and non religous symbols.
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