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Are you offended that an elementary school has a "Holiday Party" on December 22nd?
Not in the least. I am offended, however, when school children are denied the fun and joy of celebrating Christmas on December 22 when they want to do that.
Are you offended that an elementary school has a "Holiday Party" on December 22nd?
Not in the least. I am offended, however, when school children are denied the fun and joy of celebrating Christmas on December 22 when they want to do that.
why are christians so quick to play the victim card......you are the majority .....its not like you ever let anyone forget that...now is it?
I have no problem with it.
And I would hope that you would not be offended by someone who says "Happy Holidays" to you.
I am not the least bit offended by somebody greeting me with Happy Holidays or Happy Hanukkah or any other greeting that is actually a greeting. I just don't understand why all the other greetings are okay but saying Merry Christmas and celebrating Christmas as Christmas should be offensive to anybody.
And so far nobody seems to want to deal with that but are dancing all around it with all sorts of other stuff.
Would you say Merry Christmas to a Jew? And if so, why?
And you're advocating that we go back to we Christians subjecting non-Christians to our holidays in the schools.
Which is why "holiday decorations" in school would be the way to go...it includes everyone's holiday. Snow flakes and snow men.... ginger bread houses and holly...a constructions pater chain and a string of lights.....
I dont have an issue with any of that kind of stuff in schools. Now if they want to put up a nativity scene...and i have a problem with that. Same way i will have a problem with a menorah or some kid on a prayer mat.
The kids in a classroom want to make a paper mache nativity scene. The teacher asks if everybody wants to do that and all do. Would you have a problem with that?
I agree it would be inappropriate for the school itself to put up a nativity scene, but why shouldn't there be a Christmas tree called a CHRISTMAS tree (all caps for emphasis bones) complete with lights, tinsel, ornaments, and a star on top even though that star symbolizes the star of Bethlehem for the Christians and is just a star to everybody else? It is a national holiday and has been since 1870 with Christmas being celebrated in schools long before that.
Why should public school students be denied the ability to learn and experience all the magnificent traditional Christmas music over the ages even though some of it is based on religious themes? None of that should be taught as theology of course in the public schools, but to learn and perform the music itself? To me it is ridiculous to deny all the students, Christian and non Christian alike, that wonderful experience.
Christmas is a national holiday and should be celebrated as Christmas and not be required to be transformed into something else. I do not understand why Christmas should be offensive to anybody.
why are christians so quick to play the victim card......you are the majority .....its not like you ever let anyone forget that...now is it?
As far as I see it, the only people who are offended by anything are those people who are offended that the cashier at Walmart said "Happy Holidays" to them.
Merry Christmas to All.
Which is why "holiday decorations" in school would be the way to go...it includes everyone's holiday. Snow flakes and snow men.... ginger bread houses and holly...a constructions pater chain and a string of lights.....
I dont have an issue with any of that kind of stuff in schools. Now if they want to put up a nativity scene...and i have a problem with that. Same way i will have a problem with a menorah or some kid on a prayer mat.
The kids in a classroom want to make a paper mache nativity scene. The teacher asks if everybody wants to do that and all do. Would you have a problem with that?
I agree it would be inappropriate for the school itself to put up a nativity scene, but why shouldn't there be a Christmas tree called a CHRISTMAS tree (all caps for emphasis bones) complete with lights, tinsel, ornaments, and a star on top even though that star symbolizes the star of Bethlehem for the Christians and is just a star to everybody else? It is a national holiday and has been since 1870 with Christmas being celebrated in schools long before that.
Why should public school students be denied the ability to learn and experience all the magnificent traditional Christmas music over the ages even though some of it is based on religious themes? None of that should be taught as theology of course in the public schools, but to learn and perform the music itself? To me it is ridiculous to deny all the students, Christian and non Christian alike, that wonderful experience.
Christmas is a national holiday and should be celebrated as Christmas and not be required to be transformed into something else. I do not understand why Christmas should be offensive to anybody.
Yes i would have a problem with nativity crafts on several levels. The teacher should lead a class and not follow for one. Second it is not the right place for it.
Its not 1870 any more so the ideas of 1870 are a bit out of date. We have become a bit more all inclusive since then.
I would have no problem with a holiday tree decorated with anything and everything so long as it was secular and not religious. A tree with lights, crafts kids made in class so long as it did not reflect any religious images.
If parents want their children to experience a magnificent traditional christmas then they can do that at home... at church or send their children to private religious schools.
Christmas is not offensive. Public school is just not the place for religious...anything.
dont expect a witness to say merry christmas to you....
Which is why "holiday decorations" in school would be the way to go...it includes everyone's holiday. Snow flakes and snow men.... ginger bread houses and holly...a constructions pater chain and a string of lights.....
I dont have an issue with any of that kind of stuff in schools. Now if they want to put up a nativity scene...and i have a problem with that. Same way i will have a problem with a menorah or some kid on a prayer mat.
The kids in a classroom want to make a paper mache nativity scene. The teacher asks if everybody wants to do that and all do. Would you have a problem with that?
I agree it would be inappropriate for the school itself to put up a nativity scene, but why shouldn't there be a Christmas tree called a CHRISTMAS tree (all caps for emphasis bones) complete with lights, tinsel, ornaments, and a star on top even though that star symbolizes the star of Bethlehem for the Christians and is just a star to everybody else? It is a national holiday and has been since 1870 with Christmas being celebrated in schools long before that.
Why should public school students be denied the ability to learn and experience all the magnificent traditional Christmas music over the ages even though some of it is based on religious themes? None of that should be taught as theology of course in the public schools, but to learn and perform the music itself? To me it is ridiculous to deny all the students, Christian and non Christian alike, that wonderful experience.
Christmas is a national holiday and should be celebrated as Christmas and not be required to be transformed into something else. I do not understand why Christmas should be offensive to anybody.
Yes i would have a problem with nativity crafts on several levels. The teacher should lead a class and not follow for one. Second it is not the right place for it.
Its not 1870 any more so the ideas of 1870 are a bit out of date. We have become a bit more all inclusive since then.
I would have no problem with a holiday tree decorated with anything and everything so long as it was secular and not religious. A tree with lights, crafts kids made in class so long as it did not reflect any religious images.
If parents want their children to experience a magnificent traditional christmas then they can do that at home... at church or send their children to private religious schools.
Christmas is not offensive. Public school is just not the place for religious...anything.
My sentiment:
"Who gives a fuck?" wasn't an option.
I am so sick of people using Christmas to try and drive a wedge between people (regardless of side, and frankly, the pro-Christmas people are much better at it).
It's deliciously ironic.
My sentiment:
"Who gives a fuck?" wasn't an option.
I am so sick of people using Christmas to try and drive a wedge between people (regardless of side, and frankly, the pro-Christmas people are much better at it).
It's deliciously ironic.
Really? You don't give a fuck but you posted in the thread. So apparently you do give a fuck or you wouldn't have bothered. Funny how that works.
But the pro-Christmas people are really driving the wedge between people? Do you really believe that? Which of those pro-Christmas people REQUIRE anybody else to celebrate Christmas as they celebrate it? If the anti-Christmas people had just stayed out of it, and let Americans celebrate Christmas as they have for generation after generation, do you think we would be having this dicussion now?