A Christmastime fight: Christmas trees vs. holiday trees (KSAT)
A tree lies at the root of discord this holiday season. During the National
Christmas Tree Lighting, President Barack Obama spoke in no uncertain terms
about the Christian nature of the holiday season, and he didn’t hesitate to
use the word Christmas. “It’s a shame that the president totally dismissed the
other adherents, the other celebrations that are happening at this time,” said
David Silverman, president of the American Atheists. “It certainly isn’t
rooted in Christianity,” Silverman said about the National Christmas tree. He
pointed to a passage from the Bible, Jeremiah 10:2, “Thus saith the Lord,
Learn not the way of the heathen … for they cutteth a tree out of the forest
… They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with
hammers, that it move not.” “Christmas trees predate Christianity,” Silverman
said, “and Christianity came along and said, ‘All right, well, we want to
spread our message, so, OK, now they’re called Christmas trees, and you don’t
have to change your celebration.’ “But the entire concept of trading gifts, of
decking an evergreen tree with tinsel of silver and gold and singing songs and
roasting chestnuts …
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