During a segment on Fox & Friends this Wednesday, the team expressed their anguish over a homeless crazy person setting the Christmas tree outside the Fox News’ headquarters studio in New York City, with co-host Ainsley Earhardt rattling off all the things the Christmas tree meant to her.
During the segment, co-host Steve Doocy wondered, “Who sets a Christmas tree on fire?”
But Earhardt preferred to talk about what the tree represents.
“It’s a tree that unites us that brings us together, it’s about the Christmas spirit, it is about the Holiday season — uh, it’s about Jesus, it’s about Hanukkah, it’s about everything we stand for as a country: freedom and worshipping the way that you want to worship — it makes me so mad,” she said.
Ainsley Earhardt on the Fox Christmas tree: "It's a tree that unites us. It brings us together. It's about the Christmas spirit. It is about the holiday season. It's about Jesus. It's about Hanukkah. It is about everything that we stand for as a country." pic.twitter.com/fV8Hg2juHI
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As expected, there were a few people on Twitter who were confused at Earhardt’s remarks.
“It is a Christmas tree. It started as a pagan symbol,” one Twitter user wrote. “It has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. It certainly doesn’t have anything to do with Hanukkah. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that someone associated with Fox burned it down to rant about the ‘war on Christmas.'”
“I don’t know. I could be wrong, but I’m fairly certain the Christmas tree has nothing to do with Hanukkah,” wrote another.