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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have the opposite problem.  We are Christians and never once is Christmas explained or even mentioned.  The Dawalii story and candles are explained year after year. 
The Hannakua story is explained every year. But nothing about Christmas is referenced or explained. Even for Multicultural night, Christmas is not represented.  [/quote]

I am the Christian parent/teacher above.  I think in an ideal world, each holiday gets the same air time.  My guess is that in your class, at some point Christmas is referenced because it's hard to read a variety of American children's literature without, at some point, encountering a story that references Christmas.

But even if I'm wrong, I don't think there's a child in America,  with the possible exception of those who live in very conservative enclaves like Borough Park, who doesn't have more information about the cultural practices associated with Christmas than you would get from listening to one reading of Little Red Ruthie.  So, I'm not really worried about my kids if Christmas is left out.[/quote]

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