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I don't buy it that there are no Christmas parties at schools because my daughter and all her cousins in public schools in different states have Christmas parties. They call them holliday parties- in my daughter's class alone there are two hindus, a few jewish children and a muslim child, so celebrating the season and not Christmas specifically is perfectly reasonable. Why on earth would any reasonable person be offended by this? Maybe because I grew uo in a very diverse area I don't feel any entitlement to pretend other religions don't exist in public.
And then there are the religious grinches- the ones who rain on everyone's parade trying to make us feel guilty for giving our loved one's presents and celebrating. These boring people seem to want us all to quietly reflect on the Savior's birth and for no fun to be had, period. Bleh! Happy Thanksgiving- or am I supposed to sit around and be thankful without celebrating that either?
