Okay, I'm a recovering Christian myself, so I don't buy into Xmas as what Christians think of it as. It's just a holiday. Just a time to get together with family members, try not to kill each other, and give out gifts. Some of these gifts are cool and well thought out. Some of them are boring socks. But that's what Xmas means to me. Not getting boring socks.

That being said–and me being a firm believer in the fact that Christians shouldn't impose Christian hoohah on others–why in the hell is everybody afraid to call it a Christmas tree? It's a freaking Christmas tree. I'm also a firm believer in separation between church and state, but if a government wants to put up a Christmas tree…who cares? It's a f reaking tree. And calling it a holiday tree doesn't even make any sense, because holiday tree is too generic.

If you're going to fall back and have a holiday something, why make it a tree? Have a holiday cactus. Have a holiday pinata. Have a holiday gingerbread house made to look like it's destroyed by flames complete with weepy little gingerbread people. Okay, no, don't do that last one–that's really kinda disturbing. But man, if you're going to not have it be a Christmas tree, just don't use a tree. Otherwise it makes no sense.

P.S. That being said, there has only been one holiday tree I've ever seen. Somebody I did theatre with had a Christmas tree up in her room in her house year round and she would decorate it with ornaments depending on what holiday was closest: Halloween, St. Patrick's, Thanksgiving, etc. Now that is how you do a holiday tree.