Christmas Trees Now "Holiday Trees" at K-Mart

I'm not the kind to get all riled up about the culture wars. But once in a while someone does something so outlandish, that something has to be said. Case in point: the recent decision by K-Mart to rename Christmas trees "Holiday Trees" in their advertising. According to Sears Holding Corporation (which owns K-Mart) the company’s decision was motivated by a desire to be sensitive: "Sears Holding is a very diverse company, we do not want to offend any of our associates, but also our valued customers."

Not only is this kind of hyper political correctness a slap in the face for Christians, its just silly and historically inaccurate. Since Martin Luther dragged a small evergreen into his house and affixed candles to its branches to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the practice has been inextricably tied to Christ and Christmas. We have enough people trying to rewrite history; we certainly don’t need corporations getting in on the game.

If we don’t speak out against such nonsense, eventually we will have a sterile public square devoid of the Christian expression that gives it color and life. Believe me. I grew up in Canada. When I go home I’m horrified by the developments in the culture. At the school I attended, children no longer celebrate Christmas. It’s now "Snowball Day." I sincerely hope that this country does not follow suit.

I know there’s not much one person can do. But I’ll tell you this, next time I go shopping, it won’t be at K-mart or Sears.