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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exposure to other cultures is a good thing, not a bad thing. My kids have attended several schools between them, and at every school they have sung Hannukah and Kwanza songs as well as maybe one (and not always one) Christmas song.

I never even thought of complaining about the Hannukah and Kwanza songs.  I doubt any of you would come on here complaining about the Hanukkah songs, either (that's because I think some of you are hypocrites).
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Do you not see the difference between a holiday song (which might be about the holiday of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa) and a religious song (which is essentially a musical prayer), or are you intentionally ignoring the difference.  I can tell you that I don't think it's appropriate to be singing religious songs in elementary school no matter what the religion is.

I agree that exposing kids to other cultures is a good thing, but think the suggestion that Christianity (or Christmas) is a culture to which non-Christians need more exposure is a little silly.  I can tell you that Jewish kids in my neighborhood usually knew more about Christianity than the Christian kids.[/quote]

It sounds like you're saying that if my kids sang a Channukah song it must have been secular, but that any Christmas song is by definition religious, either in explicit content (Oh come, oh come, Emmanuel) or by association (Jingle Bells).

Really? That's absurd!!!! If you really need an explanation from me, a non-Jew, my kids sang Hannukah songs about lighting the menorah in school.  They didn't sing anything by Adam Sandler, and I'd be really suprised to hear that any non-Jewish school is doing Adam Sandler or his secular ilk.

And congrats that your kids know all about Christianity (although I totally think you're wrong about this and exaggerating). Like another PP said, you really do sound like you want your kids in a little cave of you own religion where they never learn anything about Christianity, Islam, Kwanzaa, Buddhism, atheism, or anything you don't teach them yourself. [/quote]

That would be absurd (almost as absurd as saying any Advent or Christmas  carol cannot be religious), but that's not what I'm saying.   I'm saying some songs, like Come O Emanuel are religious, and some songs, like Jingle Bells or Santa Claus is coming to town, are not. Likewise the "dreidl song" is not religious but Maoz Tzur/Rock of Ages is religious.  A lot of posters in this thread can tell the difference, not sure why it seems so hard.

I am certainly not exaggerating when I say that in my experience Jewish kids are taught much more about Christianity than Christian kids are taught about Judaism, and I certainly don't want my kids in a "little cave" but you are free to believe whatever you want to believe.

Anyway, I'm in the camp of "not cool" but personally I wouldn't complain about it.[/quote]

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