A town council in Connecticut changed the label on a budget request for wreaths from "Christmas wreaths" to "holiday wreaths" because some officials worried that the request might be challenged by anti-Christmas zealots, reports the Connecticut Post.
Stratford Councilman Angelo Stavola changed the wording on the budget item to ensure that the $2,550 expenditure "could not be challenged by someone offended by the use of a religious term to describe decorations that will be used during the holiday season."
He insisted that the city may not have gotten the funds approved if the change had not been made, and said controversy over the change was a non-issue hyped by local media and his political opponents.
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