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Tecumsehsbones

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- The festively lit spruce that will light the halls of the Rhode Island State House this December will have a more holiday-specific moniker this year, and one local clergyman is pleased with the governor's decision.

In a release sent Monday morning, R.I. Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced that the State House tree will be officially called a "Christmas tree" rather than the controversial "Holiday Tree" name it has had in the past.

Bishop Thomas Tobin commended Chafee for his "positive approach and common sense to this contentious issue."

"Hopefully the presence of a 'Christmas Tree' at the State House will speak the true meaning of this special season and will allow us all to enjoy the blessings of peace, joy and fellowship with one another," Tobin said in a release.

Chafee's past decisions to leave out the word "Christmas" were met with complaints and occasional outrage. Rhode Islanders took to the Internet to voice their dissent in 2011 and 2012, and some local churches followed suit with their own organized protests. In 2011, Tobin called the omission "disheartening and divisive," urging Chafee to reconsider "for the sake of peace and harmony in our state."

This year the protesters will get their wish, as Chafee said he hopes to direct people's attention to more important matters. In his statement, Chafee said the State House tree lighting - a "presumably happy event" - turned into a "focal point for too much anger."
"Strangely lost in the brouhaha was any intellectual discussion of the liberties pioneered here in Rhode Island," Chafee said in the release. "Because I do not think how we address the State House tree affects our 'lively experiment,' this year's invitation calls the tree a Christmas tree."
Governor Chafee: State House spruce will be 'Christmas tree,' not 'holiday tree,' in 2013 | WPRI.com


PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced Thursday's tree-lighting ceremony with only 30 minutes notice in order to prevent critics that crashed last year's event from showing up again.

While the decision may have helped avoid some chaos, it also disappointed some people, including the head of the Providence Catholic Diocese.

"The White House has a Christmas tree, so why can't Rhode Island?" asks Bishop Thomas Tobin.

Gov. Chafee and Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly squared off on national television Thursday night , and the bishop tells us he watched.
"Those national TV interviews can be very difficult and very challenging, so it was a difficult moment but I think the governor was very consistent in conveying his message," said Bishop Tobin.

The message is about the tree that's now lit inside of the RI state house. Controversy surrounding the tree was sparked last year when Gov. Chafee called it a "holiday tree" rather than a Christmas tree.

"It's just a crazy name. As long as he calls it a holiday tree, people are going to be upset and reject that," said the bishop. "I don't know what he'll do about the Christmas tree in the years to come if indeed he's still our governor."
Bishop: Holiday Tree is a "Crazy Name" | WPRI.com


I love Christmas. It's a hoot to see the Christers get all het up over a German pagan symbol that is mentioned nowhere in the bible.
 

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TBones spreading his message of hate bright and early.


Just another victim he is.
 

DaSleeper

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TBones spreading his message of hate bright and early.


Just another victim he is.

Yep, and after she wrote this about blind man being refused a Taxi because of his dog....

But that's not the purpose of the thread. The purpose of the thread is to express hatred of Muslims.

....Does she hate Christians or is it just Christianophobia
 

petros

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What's with the 1940s and 1950 Christmas carrols in commercials? Did the moonbats on Madison Ave do a survey to find which one piss people off the least? I am grateful that I'm not hear Yoko Ono's off key caterwauling every 8 minutes,
 

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What's with the 1940s and 1950 Christmas carrols in commercials? Did the moonbats on Madison Ave do a survey to find which one piss people off the least? I am grateful that I'm not hear Yoko Ono's off key caterwauling every 8 minutes,
Carols.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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Yep, and after she wrote this about blind man being refused a Taxi because of his dog....



....Does she hate Christians or is it just Christianophobia


 

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Well the holiday is christmas and in North America christmas trees are traditional so it seems only logical to have a christmas tree and say merry christmas, Rampant commercialism has sort of changed the meaning of the holiday but it is still that time of year. Don't like it? Just ignore it and in a few days it will all be gone. Or go somewhere else in the world where it isn't celebrated. Mostly those places are warm this time of year.
We don't much do christmas except for the kids but we do celebrate winter solstice and new year.
 

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And the City of Boston has the people of Halifax NS to thank for the Christmas tree they deliver to the city each and every year.

Thanks Canada!

 

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Why would it have a corporate name, Nova Scotia donates it, it's about the relationship between them and Boston, not about corporations. The only name (I can find for it) is the 'Boston Common Christmas Tree'.