The head of Atheists Alliance International plans to put up a tree this weekend on the lawn at the Chester County Courthouse to stand beside three traditional holiday displays there, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

The 20-foot tree will be hung with copies of covers of books, including “Why I Am Not A Christian,” “Why I Am Not a Muslim” and “Judaism Beyond God.” This addition to last year’s three holiday displays is sponsored by the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia which, its president Margaret Downey said, is “welcoming to agnostics, atheists, humanists, skeptics, rationalists of all kinds.”

Former county commissioner Colin Hanna called the atheist tree “a pretty fundamental perversion of the purpose of holiday displays.” Here’s one fundamental difference: Religious displays such as nativity scenes and menorahs seek to draw attention to God. The atheists’ display seeks to draw attention to themselves.