Nativity Scene in my town department building

[Strider]

Any decorations that they put up would be an acknowledgement of Christmas, which is the celebration of the birth of Christ. Why not let us celebrate our holiday? I work for the county and we had Halloween decorations all over the place. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I didn't go around complaining about it.

To you it is a celebration of the birth of Christ. I celebrate Christmas as a non-Christian and for me the holiday has nothing to do with anything remotely religious. Non-Christians all over celebrate Christmas. It's only about Christ if you want it to be, and if that's how you interpret the holiday then that's cool because you're free to believe whatever you want. The issue is not you celebrating your holiday. The real issue is a religious display on public property. Odds are they would deny another depiction or scene with origins in a different religion and that is the problem. Of course, I cannot say that with certainty, but I doubt they'd allow anything else.

I don't think anyone considers Halloween a religious holiday so there aren't any issues with those decorations because they're not religious in nature. However, if there were displays of a dogmatic nature related to Halloween on public property, I'd be on your side.