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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Celebrating something and learning about something are two totally different things.  The latter is appropriate at school, the former isn’t.  [/quote]

Making a little Diwali lantern is not celebrating Diwali? Other examples included kids getting and playing Dreidels for Hanukah.

If you really believe this, please suggest an activity that would be comparable to these activities, but "learning about" rather than "celebrating" Halloween or Valentines but would not directly contradict the email instructions I quoted.[/quote]

OP I celebrate Diwali and I am with you 100%! I have been the parent who's gone im and read a book / made a craft with the kids. BUT our MCPS does the mainstream holidays too - we have a Halloween party, a Valentine's party today.

I think there is too much catering and people can lose the feeling of commonality and celebration. Do I want religious instruction in school? No. Can kids made dreidels and also gingerbread houses? Yes! 
Especially for the holidays that are not explicitly religious (unless you look back to long-ago history) there doesn't need to be so much sensitive about everything.[/quote]

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