This article describes how a school in Spokane, Washington mistakenly left out Christmas on it's newsletter to parents. A spokesperson for the school said that it was an error of omission. The school, in an effort to include everybody, noted Hannukah, Human Rights Day, the winter break, Eid al-Adha, the first day of winter, and Kwanzaa. Christmas, the most widely celebrated was erroneously left off.
Now some Christian parents are creating an uproar, saying that "Christians are being overlooked in favor of other cultures and beliefs."
For crying out loud!
We have become waaayyyy too sensitive when we criticize a school for making an error in their effort to please everybody.
As a Christian, teacher, and some-day parent, I feel obligated to say, "Get over yourselves."
Saturday, December 01, 2007
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By itself it's probably a little bit of nothing. In context, it might've been the straw that broke the camel's back.
I disagree. I thinks the chances that this school deliberately left out Christmas are very slim. As a country, though, we're constantly looking for ways to attack and accuse each other. This argument between the group of parents and the school is petty and outrageous. The school has apologized, they've explained it was an error (which I also believe) so what damage is done? Is Christmas not going to come to these families this year? Are they LESS Christian because it didn't announce THEIR holiday in a newsletter?
As a whole, we need to stop looking for ways that people are doing wrong, and focus on ways that we are doing right. For example, the fact that the school made an effort to include all walks of life in its holiday celebration.
Please remember, "Christmas" is a national holiday. The others are not. In an effort toward multi-culti feel-good inclusiveness, they omitted THE reason for the season.
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