The War Against Christmas - 2007 Edition

Lowe's Companies Inc., opened this year's war against Christmas by labeling Christmas tress "Family Trees."

Lowe's apologized after the American Family Association posted an "action alert" on its Web site, asking readers to e-mail Lowe's about the "Family Trees:"

"Lowe's evidently did not want to offend any non-Christians, therefore they replaced 'Christmas Tree' with 'Family Tree,'" the association's Web site said. "Of course, if Christians are offended, that is evidently ok."

Lowe's spokeswoman Karen Cobb said the page's title was an error and inconsistent with the company's practice of referring to the trees as Christmas trees.

Here's a video report about Lowe's politically correct "error" from WXII 12 News.

Comments

[Sabrina]

i am 19 years old, a CHRISTIAN, and am also an employee of Lowes. and as an employee i get a lot of flack from customers especially around the holidays. If i say merry Christmas i offend a non christian customer but if i say Happy Holidays i offend a Christian customer. and i dare say that growing up we ALL, Christians and non Christians alike all called this holiday Christmas! so what is the big deal? it is what it is... its Christmas. and if you are offended by what a tree is called or the fact that it is called Christmas then why celebrate it? you dont have to...There are so many other issues that deserve attention, why waste so much time on such a small issue such as this!

[DB]

So, its a "War on Christmas" when it comes to renaming a secular symbol of the holiday? I would think conservatives would call it a "War on Christmas" when the tree becomes more important than the religious symbols, like the cross...just a thought. While I personally think Lowes made a huge mistake by renaming it, I dont think it is a big a mistake that the conservatives are making.