@Emilia42 @Erin443 I don’t think it’s a question so much of why people are offended. Just doesn’t matter why. The question is, being in hospitality industry, do you want to be offending anyone? If you can easily avoid that? Of course, if it is super important to you – you should decorate and not care what anyone thinks. Just like some travelers may feel that non-Christian believes should be respected in a form of lack of religious decor, I feel at the same time you should have the right to display your believes. Having said that, being Jewish, it is sometimes difficult to be around nativity scenes, angel holiday ornaments and have to explain things to my kids in a way that still respect their Christian friends but also uphold our believes. So I feel like I do best in more neutral situations. We actually do put up a tree at our home because that’s a Russian tradition for a new year. So I would feel that decorating inside of a room I am staying at (not common space or someone’s own home) is a bit of having it in my face. Think about how you would feel if you ended up in the room covered with stars of David, kiddush cups and yarmulkes on display and were supposed to live among those things for a few days.
