{"id":19,"date":"2007-12-04T10:35:43","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T10:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/seattle-airport-not-making-the.html"},"modified":"2007-12-04T10:35:43","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T10:35:43","slug":"seattle-airport-not-making-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/seattle-airport-not-making-the.html","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Airport: Not Making the Same Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/local\/295604_trees12.html\">Last year<\/a>, a major brouhaha erupted in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when, in response to a request by a rabbi that a Hanukkah menorah be displayed alongside Christmas trees, airport officials removed the trees and all holiday displays of any kind.  Eventually, the trees were replaced (and the rabbi&#8217;s threatened lawsuit dropped), but not before much ink was spilled about the controversy.<br \/>\nThis year, the airport is not taking any chances of a repeat performance.  It will not be having any holiday decorations whatsoever, but instead has erected a &#8220;winter display&#8221; that celebrates the season pure and simple.  The $300,000 display includes birch trees, wind chimes, and non-toxic snowflakes, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldnetdaily.com\/news\/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58248\">WorldNetDaily.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8220;We wanted to move forward without something that would get us back into any sort of controversy, and I think it is very creative,&#8221; airport Commissioner Pat Davis told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.  &#8220;I hope the public likes it \u2013 it will take a while to get used to,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, a major brouhaha erupted in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when, in response to a request by a rabbi that a Hanukkah menorah be displayed alongside Christmas trees, airport officials removed the trees and all holiday displays of any kind. 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