The season to be jolly has turned a bit nasty in Rhode Island, where residents incensed about Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s decision to refer to the 17-foot spruce in the Statehouse as a “holiday tree” crashed a tree lighting ceremony Tuesday night.

After Chafee lit up the “holiday tree,” dozens of carolers interrupted a children’s choir by bursting into the song “O Christmas Tree,” while the Providence Diocese hosted a competing Christmas tree lighting ceremony just a block away from the Statehouse, The Associated Press reports.