Why do Christmas Trees have to be called a “Holiday Tree” while Jewish Menorahs dont have to be called a……?

Martin: Why do Christmas Trees have to be called a “Holiday Tree” while Jewish Menorahs dont have to be called a……?
Holiday Candle? Why is it more pc to call the Menorah be its proper name but its so offensive to say Merry Christmas? and the Christmas Tree and Jesus?. Why does that offend people so much? They changed it to Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings. What do you think about this?
Why is it against the law for businesses to advertise “Merry Christmas” or have anything relating to Jesus? Is this the “war on Christmas” that liberals want?

Answers and Views:

Answer by NeoNerd
Since when did a Christmas tree ‘have’ to be a holiday tree?

Answer by Chris G
They don’t, I’ll say merry Christmas if I want too.

Answer by Yes, I do think I am better than you.
I’ve never heard of a law that says you can’t call it a christmas tree.

Answer by isurvived
With everything that goes on in the world — this is your complaint. ROFLMAO.

Sorry, chum, life is too short.

Answer by teeewalk
They don’t HAVE to be called “holiday trees”.

Call it what you want.

Answer by Brutus
Could not say, never heard anyone call it a holiday tree.

Answer by Bacon. It’s what’s for dinner
Who says they have to be? Is this more of that Faux nooz made-up “:war on xmas” BS?

Answer by chin
I don’t really care I just like opening presents.

Answer by Geronimo Lopez’ tomato
Who said that, Straw Man?
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It’s NOT against the law, you moron. There’s two Constitutional amendments that forbid that.

Answer by Smilin’_Bob_The_Enzyte®_Guy
Preach it brutha!!!!

Call it what it is… and screw anyone else that tries to tell you otherwise…

Answer by Dr. Phil of sh!t
To be honest the Christmas tree has about as much to do with Jesus and his birthday as a rose bush does.
The “Christmas tree” is a holdover from PAGAN times when a pine was brought in in the dead of winter to celebrate its resilience and ongoing life through the hard winters so in reality there is no such thing a a “Christmas tree”
By the way even though i am an atheist I still say Merry Christmas partly because its a habit and partly because it pisses people off.

Answer by Annie G
Great question! We’ve taken PC to the point of being ridiculous!

Answer by nick
Because everyone puts up trees, and they don’t represent anything religiously. Christmas trees are historically derived from pagan roots, so it really shouldn’t offend you anyway. A menorah however is a purely religious item, ontop of the fact that only jewish people use them. I know Muslim families that put up christmas trees, it’s more of a symbol of the season than the religious holiday. I think it’s stupid to call them “holiday trees”, but if someone isn’t religious at all and they want a tree up, I don’t care what they call it. Cheers

And dude, there is no law that says that. Businesses do it as to not alienate any of their customers. It’s quite possible a devout Buddhist my not shop at a store that says “Merry Christmas!” when you walk in. The do it for their own benefit, not a legal requirement.

Answer by Joy M
Never heard anyone call it a Holiday Tree, but I’ll give my assumption as to why that may be:

The Christmas Tree is not a traditional Christian symbol, it’s a pagan symbol, whereas the menorah is very much tied to the Jewish faith, it represents a tangible part of their history.

Answer by Taterbug*
I understand what your saying… Its like where I live you can NOT have a manger in many public places and it totally sucks because I grew up with it as my children did… now my children’s kids can not celebrate Christmas in schools , its called a holiday break, not Christmas break like I grew up with.. The airport in Seattle had to take all their Christmas trees down because it offended certian people… I say its ALL BS..

Answer by Thinking
Don’t care. They should be called Solstice Trees. The only thing that American corporations celebrate on Christmas is the dollar.

Answer by JW B
There is no law that says Christmas Trees have to be called anything. You can call them whatever you like, as can those that want to call the Christmas Tree a holiday tree and say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas.

However your analogy is weak, since Christmas tree contains the name of the holiday and Menorah means lamp. If it was called a Hanukkah menorah, you would have a better point.

Answer by Peter Killian
Because Jews are (improperly) viewed as an oppressed minority who should be given certain breaks.

Don’t get me wrong, Jews are very “unoppressed” because they work hard, have a strong sense of community, and are honest. There’s no secret there, and Jews shouldn’t be resented their much-deserved success.

But I’m with you, I tend to chafe whenever a well-to-do white group claims to be oppressed, or somehow entitled to special dispensation because of past suffering. It’s like when people of Irish descent like to remind people of the “Help Wanted: Irish Need Not Apply” signs, which in reality appeared in Eastern cities only for a relatively brief period when there was an unprecedented surge of immigration from Ireland.

Answer by Mr. Tambourine Man
Are your meds wearing off? It’s still called a Christmas tree, last time I heard. I actually never heard of a Holiday Tree.

I’m Jewish and Merry Christmas doesn’t offend me, or any other Jew I know.

What’s offensive is when you see in a store window:

Merry Christmas and happy Chanukah to all our JEWISH friends. As if Happy Chanukah isn’t enough. Who else would they be wishing a Happy Chanukah to?

Answer by dougandsuzy
You are absolutely free to call your tree whatever you like and there will be absolutely no retribution. By the way the practice of bringing a tree inside one’s home and decorating it for the winter solstice was started by pagans and pre dates Christianity by thousands of years. Maybe you should call it a Saturnalia tree.