Oregon, My Oregon

 At Breitbart, a VIDEO: Leftist Portland’s ‘Tree’ Lighting Ceremony Avoids Saying the Word ‘Christmas’

Christmas got political in Portland, Oregon, on Friday night during the city’s 41st-annual holiday celebration.

Leaders and speakers at the event in Pioneer Courthouse Square avoided using the word “Christmas” and even referred to the massive Christmas tree as “the tree,” a move that disappointed many online, the New York Post reported Monday.
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According to the Post article:

Though the event seemed to lack the usual Christmas spirit that most U.S. cities embrace during the holiday season, the city made sure to trot out a Santa Claus, who posed with families and had a “sing-along of holiday carols,” which included “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Deck the Halls.”

Nearly an hour into the ceremony, Mayor Keith Wilson addressed the crowd and brought out Santa Claus and the city’s representatives before switching on the 10,000 bulbs on the 75-foot-tall tree.

Social media users commented on the Post‘s story about the Christmas tree issue, one person writing, “It’s the Voldemort Tree — the tree whose name must not be spoken.” “Try that in a small town. Heathens,” someone else replied.

Try that in Roseburg.