December 9, 2007
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09holidaywe.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
THE village spent $853 on oversize ornaments for the Christmas tree in Law Park and $3,065 on a custom-made six-foot-tall dreidel. But what it really sought to buy was harmony surrounding this year’s holiday display.
The effort to balance this year’s display came after a local resident sued the village last December in a case of free speech and religious expression. The resident, Henry Ritell, who is Roman Catholic, sued the village after it rejected his offer to donate a Nativity scene. Mr. Ritell said he wanted the crèche to balance the religious symbolism of the nine-foot-tall menorah.