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Still haven't answered the question.  Chinese New Year is a secular holiday in a small amount of Asian countries.  Not all Asian-Americans even celebrate it.  You don't think there are people in other countries that have dual citizenship or even changed citizenship that still celebrate Thanksgiving in their other country?  If I moved to Germany and became a German citizen, I should ask the school district to give off for the holiday because I am a German with American Ancestry?    It is absolutely no different.  [/quote]

Well, we can worry about what might hypothetically happen if a large group of Americans immigrated to Germany, became German citizens, and had German-citizen children in the schools, or we can focus on what is actually happening right here in our very own county that we live in, where there are many Americans who celebrate Lunar (not specifically Chinese) New Year.

But if you don't want the Board of Education to recognize Lunar New Year as a holiday, you are free to show up at their meetings to advocate against it. In fact, if you feel strongly about the issue, that's what you should be doing. Why aren't you?[/quote]

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