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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it's inappropriate. I'm Jewish. If it were a private school I might not be annoyed because they can do as they wish, but in a public school-no way. What about the athiest and Muslim and Buddist and Hindu families among others? I would say something. I have no problem with my child doing Christmassy things at school as long as bible stuff isn't brought in. If I sent my child to a Catholic school or something I would totally accept it, but public schools cannot do this.[/quote]

I'm an atheist and have no problem with religious songs. They are just songs. As a child I had no clue what they meant and when I did it didn't affect me since I didn't believe it anyway. Holiday songs are so beautiful. What would be the equivalent - teaching kids to sing songs in Hebrew?

While I think tolerance and equal time to Kwanza & Chanukkah is definitely needed, when you are a religious minority in a school is it realistic to expect everyone bend over backwards to make a few parents happy?[/quote]

I do think it's realistic, and not bending over backwards, for a school to pick one of the many nice non-religious holiday songs.[/quote]

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