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Culture wars: Holiday struggle over public spaces still very much alive Posted: 08 Dec 2013 07:09 AM PST "If people say, 'Oh, I like your Christmas tree,' I say, 'It's a chemist-tree – nondenominational," says Mr. Rosenthal, who himself is Jewish and is also a multimedia artist with a studio in Manhattan. But his use of wit and an irresistible pun to replace the word "Christmas" show the lengths that some people have gone to navigate the culture war over Christmas – and indicate that this struggle is very much alive today, especially in so-called red states. When it comes to displays in public schools or other civic spaces, such arguments have almost become a holiday tradition themselves. Then "Merry Christmas" enjoyed a resurgence.

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