Not to get religious but I would like to say this -- speaking from personal experience when growing up in the 70s' ......
My school was probably 60% Roman Catholic, 30% another Christain faith and 10% Jewish ...
We used to sing Christmas carols, say Merry Christmas even have a tree in class -- and do everything Christmas.
Most of the Jewish kids even had Christmas trees at home -- one told me they consider a Christmas tree as more of an American tradition then a religious tradition.
Everybody got along fine ...
Then it happened .....
I was in 7th grade at the time .....
We got a new kid in school .... a girl ... she was in 6th grade.
Her family moved here from New York City.
They were atheists and complained to our local school board about the religious issues in school-- meaning we should not be celebrating Christmas in school.
This fight went on for a few months -- the school eventually caved.
The next year Christmas in school was completey different and dull.
No more Christmas tree in school, no more songs, no more gift swapping ... nothing
Moral of the true story .....
It only took one family to change our whole school ... and it was by an atheist not even from our town.
Some people suck
My school was probably 60% Roman Catholic, 30% another Christain faith and 10% Jewish ...
We used to sing Christmas carols, say Merry Christmas even have a tree in class -- and do everything Christmas.
Most of the Jewish kids even had Christmas trees at home -- one told me they consider a Christmas tree as more of an American tradition then a religious tradition.
Everybody got along fine ...
Then it happened .....
I was in 7th grade at the time .....
We got a new kid in school .... a girl ... she was in 6th grade.
Her family moved here from New York City.
They were atheists and complained to our local school board about the religious issues in school-- meaning we should not be celebrating Christmas in school.
This fight went on for a few months -- the school eventually caved.
The next year Christmas in school was completey different and dull.
No more Christmas tree in school, no more songs, no more gift swapping ... nothing
Moral of the true story .....
It only took one family to change our whole school ... and it was by an atheist not even from our town.
Some people suck
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