Seattle airport panel proposes ban on religious holiday displays

NOTE: I guess my memory is failing with age or something, but what "event" sparked all of this holiday celebration, days off from school, etc? I thught it was the birth of Christ; thus, the name Christmas. I guess now we are to celebrate the ending of December or "winter holiday"? Why not celebrate, decorate, etc. for the ending of February, or March, or June, or October...?

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SEATTLE - Decking the halls with boughs of holly is fine as long as it doesn't look like Christmas at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, an advisory panel has recommended.

The region's largest airport, scene of a controversy over holiday displays last winter, should be decorated for the holidays again this year, possibly with trees, lights, colors and fabric but not with any religious symbols, the Port of Seattle's Holiday Decorations Advisory Committee decided.

"The use of light and color is especially appropriate in Seattle due to our dark winter travel season," but holiday decorations should "reflect the Pacific Northwest environment and our diverse community, and convey universal values, such as peace and harmony," the panel recommended. "Our goal is to create an inclusive and warm environment at the airport."

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