Should we call it a "holiday tree?"


U.S. Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert doesn't want to call the brightly decorated spruce that will adorn the Capitol grounds this December a "holiday tree." Hastert says it's a Christmas tree, and he requested that the name be officially changed in a letter to the architect of the Capitol. Hastert's letter is just the latest salvo in an ongoing battle over religious symbols in public places.

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