There will be no more Christmas trees at Sea-Tac Airport this season after the Port of Seattle received a complaint about them.

For more than 25 years, the airport has celebrated the holidays with Christmas trees over its entrances. But now the trees that decorated the entrances to Sea-Tac can only be found down back hallways out of the public’s view, after the Port of Seattle ordered all 15 trees removed.

Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky asked the Port of Seattle to include a menorah among the holiday decorations beginning in mid-October.

“At first we got a light yes, then we got a strong no,” he said.

Then Bogomilsky’s attorney got involved. “I did have, I did have a lawyer. Just sort of have a backup plan,” he said.

The Port of Seattle told KOMO 4 news the rabbi with the Central Organization for Jewish Learning threatened to sue.

According to airport spokeswoman Rachel Garson, the two sides could not reach an agreement before the lawsuit was to be filed.

“Since this is the busiest time of year, we decided to take the decorations down now and consider a new policy after the new year,” she said.

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