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« on: December 01, 2016, 01:53:26 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2016, 01:54:44 PM »
Seriously?
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2016, 02:02:02 PM »
Who cares?
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2016, 02:06:29 PM »
I mean, Christmas is pretty much a secular holiday at this point if we're being honest with ourselves
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2016, 02:36:20 PM »

Nobody I know ever thought of Santa as being in any way a religious thing. Santa is a big fat man who brings gifts. I love Santa and have a statue of him sitting on my desk as I write this. I'm glad I'm not a kid today having to deal with these uber sensitive issues, (not to mention guns and drugs in the schools).

Santa is a "unifier" if there ever was one. Don't exclude him in the schools or anywhere people want to have a representation of him. Santa represents LOVE, giving and sharing, and everyone around the world needs those things in their life.
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2016, 02:42:30 PM »
It's the latest installment of the War On Christmas.
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2016, 03:08:35 PM »
I guarantee you would be one pissed off fourth grader if they canceled Secret Santa at your elementary school.
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2016, 03:18:40 PM »
Flashback to one of my very earliest memories -- when I was 4 in preschool (so, 2001) and confidently informed the class that Santa wasn't real and it's actually their parents bringing them gifts.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2016, 03:19:06 PM »
But what does Santa have to do with religion? Huh
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2016, 03:19:54 PM »
Quote from: Goldwater on December 01, 2016, 03:19:06 PM
But what does Santa have to do with religion? Huh

     Santa's only a religious figure if your god is the Almighty Dollar.
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2016, 03:29:19 PM »
Quote from: Ideological Leader of Atlas Forum on December 01, 2016, 03:08:35 PM
I guarantee you would be one pissed off fourth grader if they canceled Secret Santa at your elementary school.

I took it more as "who cares," no one is offended by Santa.
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2016, 03:34:55 PM »
Quote from: KingSweden on December 01, 2016, 02:06:29 PM
I mean, Christmas is pretty much a secular holiday at this point if we're being honest with ourselves

It really is, it's a national holiday celebrated by many non-Christians and Christians alike. Let Santa stay!
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2016, 03:59:49 PM »
« Edited: December 01, 2016, 04:08:57 PM by Reluctant Republican »
How sad! I always enjoyed Santa as a kid. I wonder why there's pressure to get rid of him and not, say, decorations of witches or goblins at Halloween time. There may very well be, but I've not heard of it.

Perhaps though the school district is afraid the displays could be upsetting to some of the students and alienate them. The police in San Bernardino seem to think it may have been one of the reasons behind the attacks there:

http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/01/police-chief-christmas-festivities-may-have-sparked-san-bernard/2161852
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2016, 04:15:18 PM »
Oh for f**k's sake.
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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2016, 04:25:25 PM »
Quote from: Ideological Leader of Atlas Forum on December 01, 2016, 03:08:35 PM
I guarantee you would be one pissed off fourth grader if they canceled Secret Santa at your elementary school.
I hate Christmas. 
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« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2016, 04:41:30 PM »
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXhC7BQZi0

And "I hate mall Santas"!! J/K, LOL.  Wink
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« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2016, 04:57:19 PM »
Quote from: Delegate PiT on December 01, 2016, 03:19:54 PM
Quote from: Goldwater on December 01, 2016, 03:19:06 PM
But what does Santa have to do with religion? Huh

     Santa's only a religious figure if your god is the Almighty Dollar.

This sounds about right.
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« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2016, 06:17:24 PM »
Quote from: Goldwater on December 01, 2016, 03:19:06 PM
But what does Santa have to do with religion? Huh
He's based on a Catholic saint. Maybe it offends Protestants?

(As a Protestant myself, I'm not offended. Not many people consider Methodists True Protestants*TM though.)
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« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2016, 06:45:16 PM »
Technically, it's St. Nicholas who is religious, not Santa himself.

Side note, the real-life Saint Nicholas literally punched the founder of one of the earliest Christian heresies in the face.
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« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2016, 07:46:52 PM »
Quote from: JerryArkansas on December 01, 2016, 04:25:25 PM
Quote from: Ideological Leader of Atlas Forum on December 01, 2016, 03:08:35 PM
I guarantee you would be one pissed off fourth grader if they canceled Secret Santa at your elementary school.
I hate Christmas. 
Thats cool, just don't ruin it for the people who don't try to make themselves miserable.
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« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2016, 08:52:15 PM »
Religious tolerance does not mean being equally intolerant of all religions.
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« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2016, 08:56:45 PM »

Imagine that.
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« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2016, 09:16:56 PM »
This is just one school district, not some state or federal law. If Santa Claus is a religious figure, then no, he doesn't belong in public schools. It'd be akin to displaying images of crucifixes. But whether or not Santa Claus is a proper religious figure is another debate altogether.
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« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2016, 11:42:35 PM »
Santa's not a religious figure.
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« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2016, 12:18:20 AM »
Santa Claus is not in the Bible, and the "fat jolly bearded guy in a red suite" thing was invented by Coca-Cola.
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