From AP:
It's a 35-foot-tall balsam fir decorated with lights and ornaments and stands in the Capitol Rotunda for almost the entire month of December..
So should it be a ``Holiday Tree'' or a ``Christmas Tree?''
Forty-six lawmakers, most of them Republicans, sent Gov. Jim Doyle a letter Wednesday urging him to rename the tree the ``Wisconsin State Christmas Tree,'' saying the tree is one of the great symbols of Christmas and should be named as such.
The state first put a tree up in the rotunda over the holidays in 1916, and officials began referring to it as the ``Holiday Tree'' in 1985, according to the governor's office. The moniker has continued through four different administrations
Let's hope Governor Doyle does the sensible thing. However, Doyle is a Democrat.
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