The Great Rhode Island 'Holiday Tree' Scandal
Jim Newell ยท 11/30/11 05:30PMWe're still pretty early into the holiday season, but lo, enemy forces have already entrenched themselves on a central front in this year's War on Christmas: Rhode Island, state of... whatever. The governor there โ like other recent governors! โ has decided to call the 17-foot blue spruce in the Statehouse a "holiday tree," rather than a Christmas tree. Oh. Shit.