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SALT LAKE CITY -- One woman's tree entered at a Christmas festival apparently had a little too much holiday cheer for organizers' tastes. That's why the original 'Jingle Buds' - a tree made entirely of emptied beer cans - lasted about as long as a pint on nickel night. 'They called it camouflage, I call it censorship, but that was the compromise,' said Carole Robinson, whose tree of 1,500 neatly organized Bud Light cans was ordered covered up with red ribbons. 'I absolutely understand their concerns, but it doesn't have the pizzazz and wow that I wanted it to have.' This year's Festival of Trees - an annual event which raises more than $1 million for the Primary Children's Medical Center - includes 700 trees, many decorated by people with poignant stories of life and death. Some trees are offered in gratitude by families whose children have been treated at the hospital. A few entries this year are dedicated to children killed in alcohol-related car crashes. So it wasn't long before the complaints began flowing over Robinson's 'Jingle Buds.' Robinson insisted she meant no harm and that she doesn't advocate irresponsible drinking. She said she followed festival guidelines. But hospital administrators didn't want to appear to advocate alcohol consumption. At least one festival patron became angry at the display and said he had lost a family member in a crash involving a drunk driver...
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