The War on Christmas and How I Spoke too Soon

There are liberals out there that make my life difficult by embarrassing me. Lowe's put out adds for Family Trees. What is a Family Tree? I thought it was a graph that traces one's family origins. Lowe's used Family Trees and Holiday Trees to describe Christmas trees and in some instances where they included an add in Spanish, used 'Navidad' to sell the same trees. Apparently you can't offend those that speak Spanish. STUPID!!!! There is no Jewish person that I know that wants us Christians to call our Christmas Trees anything but Christmas trees. It's not like a Muslim is going to stick one in his living room if Lowe's calls it a family tree. To Lowe's credit, they changed their policy after admitting their mistake. As I searched for articles on this matter, I found positive responses on Christian Websites--the kind that frighten me. The kind that promote automatic rifles and Christianity in the same breath. What was more scary? They were right on target.

Here is a Christian Conservative watchdog group's response to Lowe's change in attitude:

Christmas trees are now called just that. Lowe’s informed the American Family Association that the company took down the signs reading "holiday trees." In their place went up the signs reading "Christmas trees."
That means that every store within the chain has labeled the 49 varieties of live and artificial trees as "Christmas trees." Lowe’s in fact went further to explain that the "holiday trees" label was originally a "mistake." Lowe’s had no motive of denigrating Christmas or snubbing Christians.
Customers applaud Lowe’s not only for the name change but also for the explanation. It would help if other retailers followed through with like change.
Sears has done so. They have shipped out "Merry Christmas" signs to all their stores. The executives inform store managers to display the Christmas signs in place of "holiday greetings." Their ads also will carry the "Merry Christmas" greeting.
Target says next season Salvation Army bell ringers will return.
Walgreen’s apologized that it is too late to change their "happy holidays" banners with "Merry Christmas" but next year it will be "Merry Christmas."
Here is Lowe's statement:
Lowe's has proudly sold Christmas trees in our stores for decades, and we continue to do so this year in all of our stores nationwide. All 49 varieties of live and artificial trees at Lowe's and on our web site, Lowes.com, are labeled as Christmas trees. The product signs inside Lowe's stores have always said "Christmas trees," though an outside banner did not. To ensure consistency of our message and to avoid confusion among our customers, we are now referring to the trees only as "Christmas Trees." We have also removed the banner that read "holiday trees" from the front of our stores.Lowe's apologizes for any confusion the banner created. We appreciate our customers bringing the matter to our attention and giving us the opportunity to correct the error. For many retailers, including Lowe's, the holiday season encompasses all the holidays between October and early January. Thus we adopted an overall "Home for the Holidays" theme five years ago. In addition to spanning the season, we believe this theme is respectful of all our customers, regardless of which holidays they may celebrate.