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I'm not christian and i feel uncomfortable about this - they are collecting for kids within the school community and the children have made wish lists - some very pricey items are on the lists.

I find it strange that a public school would so endorse Xmas as to collecting gifts school wide and talking about Xmas gifts to such a degree. They have noted, over and over, that not many people contributed to the Xmas gifts last year. I feel this reflects 2 things: one, many people don't celebrate Xmas, and 2) gifts are luxuries.

If our school was collecting food or grocery store gift cards for Xmas dinner, I would not be on here complaining.

So, my question is, do I bump up my discomfort to the Principal or not?
I don't want to be a totally obnoxious parent, but I don't think it's appropriate for a public school to be collecting new presents for kids for Christmas.[/quote]

I'm Jewish, the Holiday is called Christmas, and I fully support this![/quote]

Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas. The X in Xmas is the Greek letter chi. Chi is the first letter of the word "Christos", which is Christ in Greek.

Also, I'm also Jewish, and I, personally, have never, ever met another Jew who thought it was a good idea for public schools to collect Christmas presents, or objected to spelling Christmas as Xmas. Not to say that there aren't any. But I have never met any.[/quote]

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