[rayiner]

> Christmas trees are reglious symbols, sure there is some "history and culture" there there

We had a Christmas tree every year growing up in America as immigrants from a Muslim country. When I visit Tokyo in December, which is in a non-Christian country, there are Christmas trees in all the malls. Christmas trees are the archetypal examples of religious symbols that have turned into cultural symbols.

> there is also "history and culture" in Confederate monuments and places named after them.

Please, lean into this.