Christmas tree? Chanukah bush?

This article discusses how battle lines of assimilation have been drawn around the Christmas tree; should interfaith households have one or not?

C was kind enough to let me have a tree the first year we lived together, when converting wasn't on my radar yet. Since then, we haven't had one. I missed it at first, but we now have a Chanukah mantle, a photo of which I apparently have not yet uploaded onto the computer. It's all full of menorahs and dreidels and a banner we found at the Christmas Tree Shop, of all places. It's better than a tree because 1) we don't have to water it [and watch the cats drink from the basin], 2) it doesn't shed needles, 3) we don't have to drag it up and down three flights of narrow twisty stairs, and 4) we don't have to spend hours making sure no ornaments or lights are stuck in it when taking it down. Festive without the cleanup, it's a win-win!