Reply #31: Let me tell you what happened in my daughter's school.....

[Jessamon]

She goes to a public school where the anti-God people have deemed that there will be no mention whatsoever of the word 'Christmas'. Instead it will be referred to as 'The Winter Holiday'. Christmas vacation was to be called 'Winter Break'. OK..So when the students got back from 'Winter Break', my daughter's class was studying black history and one of the topics was Kwaanza, the religious holiday that began in what? 1966 or so? One activity in their study of Kwanzaa was to light the candelbrum or minaret or whatever, with nine candles, one each day.
Well, I marched straight in to the principal's office and said no way. If my child can't hear the word Christmas, there was no way in hell she was going to light freaking Kwaanza candles. I was very vocal about my objections and the black community at the school became rather belligerent towards my child and her brother and us.
THIS is what sanctioned religious intolerance has brought us. I am just fine with talking about Kwanzaa, which of course, has some worthwhile points. But holidays in the Christian tradition, such as Christmas absolutely have a place in the public schools and public domain as well.