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Date Posted: 10:00:38 12/09/05 Fri
Author: John B.
Subject: Re: Christmas or Holidays?
In reply to: Joy 's message, "Re: Christmas or Holidays?" on 06:37:52 12/09/05 Fri

>As a teacher, I have taught in schools that no longer let
>the kids celebrate any type of holiday for fear of
>offending someone. Yes, that's oversensitive not to
>mention sad for the kids.

No holidays? Or no religious holidays in public schools? By changing the notion to "holidays" instead of "Christmas" you can actually celebrate the holiday without sponsoring a particular religion in a public school. That is the whole point (as well as why it is unique to the USA; we have a constitutional amendment about the government sponsoring a particular religion, because our founding fathers were particularly frightened by the tendency for majority religions to become onerous to minority religions).

Happy Holidays

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