Boston Confirms Christmas Tree Not 'Holiday Tree'
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005
Posted: 12:15:47PM EST

One day after being threatened with a lawsuit over the name change of the city’s Christmas tree to a “holiday tree,” Boston city officials were quick to confirm the tree’s title as the former.

"This is a Christmas tree," insisted Boston Parks Commissioner Toni Pollak, according to the Boston Herald. "It's definitely a Christmas tree.”

The controversy sparked in the Beantown after the name of the 14-foot Christmas tree donated by Novia Scotia was changed just before the city’s “official holiday tree lighting,” thus prompting conservative Christian lawyers to press for the name to be changed back.

The matter was brought to the attention of city officials by Dr. Jerry Falwell and the Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group that has vowed to take legal action against the spreading of “misinformation” to city and government officials. Story