Rideau Hall has a Christmas Tree!

RIDEAU HALL PUTS UP A “CHRISTMAS TREE”
Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s official residence, will have a Christmas tree this year after all, the Ottawa Citizen reported Tuesday.

Randy Mylyk, speaking for Governor General Michaelle Jean, said an employee had been “well-intentioned” but wrong to refer to the seasonal evergreen as a “holiday tree.”

“At Rideau Hall,” Rideau Hall spokeswoman Lucie Brosseau had told the CBC, “we will be putting up a holiday tree as we find it reflects the traditions of many cultures, and it is inclusive.”

But Mylyk says Rideau Hall has always called it a “Christmas tree” and Jean has no wish to abandon that tradition.

“In her life experience, it was always a Christmas tree,” he told the Citizen. “We spoke to Her Excellency and clearly, it was her intent that it was to be a Christmas tree.”