German Politics Enters Into Debate About Referencing Christmas

After a local supermarket chain started advertising traditional Christmas floral decorations -- poinsettias -- as "winter stars" -- instead of calling them the traditional "Christmas stars" -- a minor controversy ensued, intensifying public arguments that have been growing in recent years in this country.In a debate that's similar to other Western countries, particularly the United States, German conservatives are complaining that removing the word Christmas in subjects ranging from flowers to m