Winter Party
December 21, 2006
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=30058&in_page_id=34
Dear Miss Golborne,
I read with interest your decision to rename the children’s Christmas function as a ‘Winter Party’.
Is it possible you are offending Christians by removing the name Christmas from their holiday celebrations?
I ask this with the utmost respect – I am not Christian myself and I make no purile comparisons or favour one majority or another.
Also, are there any other religious festivals, (Eid, Vesak, Purim, Diwali, etc) which will be renamed so as not to offend people of other faiths?
Cliff Jones
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Dear Hill View Primary School,
After reading reports in Metro today (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=30058&in_page_id=34) I feel compelled to tell you that I find it hard to understand the renaming of your festive party from Christmas to Winter.
Unless of course you also rename all your celebrations of other religious festivals to something seasonally generic?
I don’t see why anyone should be offended by Christians celebrating Christmas just as they shouldn’t be offended by Muslims celebrating Ramadan or Jews celebrating Hanukkah.
Why not celebrate all religions and their festivals equally so that our children can grow up with the understanding that our faiths and beliefs are all equally valuable?
With my best wishes to you and all the children at Hill View for Christmas and the New Year.
[meesteryan]
Well done Meester. God bless you. Or not, obviously.
My nephews ‘nativity’ play has become a non-denominational non-religious winter festival.
To make matters worse, my sister cannot video it either, due to fears over Paedophiles. The world has gone mad I tells ya…
I made business Christmas cards for my clients and was printing Merry Christmas inside when my boyfriend stopped me in my tracks with, “You can’t say Merry Christmas, it’s not politically correct. You have to say Happy Holidays.” Since when? I’m a Christian so why can’t I wish people a Merry Christmas?
Festivus. For the rest of us!
This is stupid.
I know that’s a redundant comment.
Sorry.
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