We're still pretty early into the holiday season, but lo, enemy forces have already entrenched themselves on a central front in this year's War on Christmas: Rhode Island, state of... whatever. The governor there — like other recent governors! — has decided to call the 17-foot blue spruce in the Statehouse a "holiday tree," rather than a Christmas tree. Oh. Shit.

A hotel in the United Arab Emirates has unveiled "the most expensive Christmas tree ever," a 40-foot fake decorated with jewelry valued at "over 11 million dollars." How much did you spend? $20? Guess you don't actually have Christmas spirit.

[The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City was lit on Tuesday night, bringing Christmas cheer to Christians, and reminding everyone else to pick a movie and a Chinese place for the 25th. Photo via AP.]