My new soap­box of the day. Could we please leave the Christ­mas trees as CHRISTMAS TREES???? Today I saw one dec­o­rated for Hal­loween. I have seen them for Valen­tines day, Easter, Thanks­giv­ing, and yes, the 4th of July and every other hol­i­day in between. I have seen them with tin hearts and dog treats and under­wear. A Christ­mas tree is a Christ­mas tree for heav­ens’ sake. Please find some­where else to hang all the rest of your dec­o­ra­tions. Is noth­ing sacred any­more? Are we too lazy to take them down or what? What mar­ket­ing genius(tongue in cheek) came up with this??? Flay them with a wet noo­dle I say!!. ARRGGGG!!!!!