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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think having every religious holiday under the sun is absolutely absurd but maybe I’m in the minority.

Monday and Friday off this week after spring break?  Absolutely asinine. [/quote]
Yes it is absolutely absurd that spring break and winter break revolve around Christian holidays. [/quote]

Ina country founded by various Christian groups? Happens.[/quote]

First of all, Santa Claus is not Christian.

Christmas was created to coincide with pagan holidays.

Also, the United States was not founded on Christianity. It was founded on freedom of religion any religion.

Also, the Easter bunny is not Christian. This was found to be true by the Supreme Court.

Also, the calendar does not revolve around religious holidays revolves around days that teachers will be at work and you cannot deny a teacher a day off to honor a religious day.

You seem to have gone on vacation during history and constitutional law classes.[/quote]

Let's see:

- Santa Claus is the Dutch name for St. Nicholas, a 4th century Greek Bishop. So he is Christian, but I understand the Coca-Cola inspired version is not.
- While there have been some scholars who argue Christmas was created to replace pagan holidays, there are many more who sharply disagree. For example take a look at Tim Larsen's Oxford Handbook of Christmas for an example
- While the Constitution enshrined freedom of any religion, I do think most of our Deist and Christian-adjacent (few were actually Christian) founders would be surprised where the first ammendment has taken us. But hopefully not in a bad way. At the time all they were trying to do was prevent the US from becoming 17th century Europe with the never ending inter-denominational warfare.
- Sure, we can all agree the Easter bunny is not Christian

That said, I personally have always been a fan of the idea that the school calendar around here should follow federal holidays and limited teacher workdays and that's about it. My kids left FCPS for a Christian private and our current school does not tie spring break to Easter.[/quote]

Take it up with the Supreme Court.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynch_v._Donnelly[/quote]

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