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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure who your target audience is. I've literally never met anyone like this, with the "insisting".[/quote]

+1 who in your life is insisting you do anything? Your spouse or family?

That’s a boundary issue, not a religious or holiday issue. You can enforce your boundaries without guilt. [/quote]

"insisting"

Public schools insisted I color christmas trees and sing silent night when I was not a christian. In many places they still do this shit.[/quote]

You had to color a Christmas tree in grade school and sing a Christmas song in music class and it still makes you angry?

Have you thought about hiring an attorney and seeking compensation for your damaged mental health from being forced to do these terrible things against your will? You were discriminated against by the state government. It’s possible you could also sue your classroom teacher, the music teacher, and the school district. [/quote]

It’s inappropriate in a public school. Christmas is a Christian holiday.  Not everyone is Christian or Christian by background or birth. Shocker. [/quote]

I'm glad our kids' school is low key about the whole holiday season.

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+1 My kids' school teaches songs about snow and does arts and crafts of snowflakes and snowmen. Nobody is missing out on the "Christmas spirit" of the season just because they're not coloring a picture of Santa at school. They're more than making up for it at home and everywhere else with Christmas carols in all the stores and decorations/trees in all the town squares.[/quote]

Different people celebrate different holidays.  Public schools need to figure out how to handle it.  Personally, I think teaching about different holidays is a learning opportunity.[/quote]
Teaching about different holidays is different than celebrating them. I think my kid's elementary school actually does a good job of teaching without celebrating. They read books about different holidays during story time and do comparative learning units about different holiday traditions. But they don't decorate their classroom with Christmas trees or have a class elf.[/quote]

Outside of classes about religion, there is no place in public schools for teaching kids about Christmas or other religious holidays. 
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