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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay so there are kids in the school that are poor.  They probably get very little for Christmas, if anything.  The counselor talks with the families and gets some ideas on what they would like.  Sends out a flyer to ask if anyone is interested in helping out.  What is wrong with that?  This is not about faith.  This is about helping those in need.

My child's school does this every year and every year, we help a family. The counselor sends me home with the ages and mini wish lists.  I take the kids out shopping, they help pick the gifts, we wrap together.  It is a nice selfless deed that many kids sadly have never done.  They KNOW it is helping a family in their own school.  They have no idea who, they don't care to know.  They just know that there are kids in their school that get very little if anything under the Christmas tree.

Do you think those families enjoy giving their wishes to a school counselor?  Do you know how humiliating that must feel?  Have some compassion.  Maybe they are atheist, protestant, roman catholic.  Who cares.  The majority of kids celebrate a form of Christmas.  This is a way to make their holiday a little brighter.

And by the way, the wish lists are sad.  The mom wanted a fleece coat and gloves, kids wanted warm socks, maybe a barbie, small lego set, matching gloves/hat.   They aren't asking for high priced merchandise.  Just a few items.

So yes, go ahead and be that scrooge that goes in and demands this awful idea that has been going on for years, to end.  Because I guess it will make YOU feel better that you changed a rare "not politically correct" deed in MCPS and make a lot of other people will feel like shit?  Kudos to you.  [/quote

Exactly! Parents on here who are advocating against are shaping a future generation and society that we will someday regret.[/quote]

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