Happy Holidays, and I mean that!

I used to say that and I meant the season. Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas, New Years and whatever other holiday occurred this time of year.
But, here we go again. Every year it is the same thing. This time they are trying to paint Obama as demanding a "Holiday Tree". This is a rumor started by a right wing blogger. It never happened. The White House Christmas tree has had secular decorations since way before Obama ever put his eyes on the prize. Look it up, http://wordpress.asc.upenn.edu/2009/10/holiday-tree-hooey/.
From this site "the tradition of secular ornaments goes back a long way. The earliest record of a Christmas tree in the White House is 1889, when President Benjamin Harrison "decorated a live tree with tinsel and popcorn," according to the White House Historical Association."...
"It’s also worth noting that the White House Christmas Ornament sold each year since 1981 by the historical association (a private charity) has traditionally had a historical, rather than a religious, theme. This year’s ornament is a depiction of the home of President Grover Cleveland, for example. The one possibly religious-themed ornament was the first one, a replica of an 1840 weathervane from the Unitarian Universalist church in Newburyport, Mass. It was the figure of an angel." ...excerpt for those of you too lazy to read.

The reason we have this barrage of political correctness every year is because a few on the far left and far right want to sue each other for their 15 minutes of fame. The politicos who want to use it for their own self interest are now playing to our knee jerk reactions to controversy, knowing very few will check the facts.