Comments on: National Forest Christmas Tree Cutting Permits Available

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:45:44 +0000

Why not demand that Jews refer to Hanukkah as the Candle Lighting Ceremony to be fair if people ranging from atheist to Christian (including my Jewish relatives who put up the most gorgeous Christmas trees possible in NYC because they KNOW it’s not a religious but secular object) have to refer to Christmas tree lighting as Holiday Lighting Ceremonies. Muslims have to refer to Ramadan as Days Without Food Nights of Feasting and so on. I think it necessary to boycott the RRSnooze for littering streets with unnecessary blue bags of useless old news. Waste of advertisers’ money because the neighborhood cleaned up the bags and dumped most unopened in trash cans.

By: E.S. Maddock

E.S. Maddock — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:13:59 +0000

Thank you for having the courage to continue reference to “Christmas (memory) tree.”

Even our own local home town hard copy publication (Sedona Red Rock News) had photos and a full page article about the lighting of the “Holiday Tree” uptown, and there were no references at all to any events as being “Christmas.”

How far must political correctness be extended? Without Christmas there is no Santa Claus or related events. Must all the children be re-educated? Shameful. They will grow up quickly enough and be forced to face the reality of life’s hard facts.

What sweeter picture is there than the wonderment reflected in a child’s face perched on Santa’s lap? However, I must confess that as a youngster the old gent terrified me!

Merry Christmas One & All

By: Frank Roy and Mary-Ann Colleen Hewitt

Frank Roy and Mary-Ann Colleen Hewitt — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:42:48 +0000

We love our Arizona tree. It is very different from our native species. What an adventure we had finding our beauty and we thank you for the direction. We read your article on a shared Facebook article from (deleted). We spent a glorious day having fun finding our new Christmas memory tree. We do appreciate the effort and we will always keep and treasure the photos forever. We do wish that Americans enjoyed Christmas as much as Canadians. Even in your desert it is quite lovely and reminiscent of the Christ Child’s actual birthplace, don’t you agree?

Snowbirds loving our Arizona Adventure,
Frank Roy and Mary-Ann Colleen Hewitt, Toronto, Ontario, and Anthem (winter 2013) AZ