Christmas Trees Too Christian for Climate-change Conference

As climate-change chicken littles gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark (temperature a balmy 41 degrees on Tuesday), there was one traditional aspect missing from the otherwise festively adorned cobblestone streets. This year, in respect of the United Nation’s “neutral” posture vis-a-vis religion, the Foreign Minister of Denmark has ordered that all Christmas trees be removed from the capital’s streets throughout the duration of the COP15 Climate Summit

Given the focus of the conference, it is ironic that fir trees have been banned from the landscape. Fir trees are widely known to be extraordinarily efficient at binding carbon dioxide and removing it from the atmosphere. Even among zealous global climate alarmists, it seems that such an environment-friendly feature of the fir cannot overcome its noxious association with the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Lest anyone believe that there were other less anti-religious factors bearing on the fir trees’ banishment from Copenhagen, the Danish government spoke plainly and unapologetically on the subject. According to Sven Olling, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Denmark recognizes that the “conference is a UN conference and, as the centre then becomes UN territory, there can be no Christmas trees in the décor because the UN wishes to maintain neutrality.” As if that weren’t clear enough, Olling emphasized that Christmas is a religious holiday and had no place at a United Nations function.






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Olling emphasized that Christmas is a religious holiday and had no place at a United Nations function.

Originally posted by gazerstar
Why don't they just call it Yule instead and celebrate the Winter Solstice like the Northern European Pagans used to do before Christianity incorporated the practice into their religion? That way they could keep the trees and the traditions, and everybody's happy. It's all semantics, and everybody likes an excuse for a party. Otherwise, life would be so dull.

[edit on 8-12-2009 by gazerstar]

Originally posted by FortAnthem

Originally posted by gazerstar
Why don't they just call it Yule instead and celebrate the Winter Solstice like the Northern European Pagans used to do before Christianity incorporated the practice into their religion? That way they could keep the trees and the traditions, and everybody's happy. It's all semantics, and everybody likes an excuse for a party. Otherwise, life would be so dull.

[edit on 8-12-2009 by gazerstar]

Nice try, but Yule, being a pagan RELIGIOUS holiday, would also have to be excluded.

Remember, Olling said religious holiday's have no place at UN functions.

U.N. = No god be it Christian, Pagan, Moslum, etc...

[edit on 8-12-2009 by FortAnthem]

Originally posted by IceDash
christmas is not christian's holiday (sure it has the name christ in it) but really the main focus is Saint Nick (who magically turn into santa claus)

Originally posted by gazerstar
Why don't they just call it Yule instead and celebrate the Winter Solstice like the Northern European Pagans used to do before Christianity incorporated the practice into their religion? That way they could keep the trees and the traditions, and everybody's happy. It's all semantics, and everybody likes an excuse for a party. Otherwise, life would be so dull.

[edit on 8-12-2009 by gazerstar]

Fir Tree seen in Conference Centre