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Philadelphia refuses to call it a Christmas tree at annual lighting ceremony

By Christopher Tremoglie
Published December 4, 2023 9:06pm ET
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Philadelphia refuses to call it a Christmas tree at annual lighting ceremony
In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 photo, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit during the 80th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York. Scientists are working to decipher the DNA code of conifers, like this Norway spruce at Rockefeller Center in New York. In late 2012, scientific teams in the United States and Canada have released preliminary, patchy descriptions of conifer genomes. And a Swedish team plans to follow suit soon in its quest for the Norway spruce. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) | Kathy Willens


It is 2023, and the phrase “Christmas tree” is still too offensive and triggering for the Democrats in Philadelphia’s government.

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