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1. Inappropriate field trip for a public school.
2. Nothing significant to do with the curriculum.
3. Taking kids to see Santa is the job of the parents.
4. Taxpayers should not be paying for that kind of field trip.
Whatever. It's been known for a while what the standard is for a public school lest they leave themselves open to law suits. You don't have to like it but it is what it is.
If they wanted to have a field trip to Santa they needed to figure out a way to cover multiple religions so that the trip doesn't elevate one religion over the others. The parents seemed to have worked something out, my point is THE SCHOOL could have done the same or similar thing and implemented it ahead of time. It was only a matter of time before it became an issue.
Religions? What has Santa got to do with Christianity?
Religions? What has Santa got to do with Christianity?
Not to stray too far off topic, I feel compelled to point out the double standard that is prevalent in this country. A high school Christmas assembly in Blaine MN. had the students singing songs in Arabic praising Allah. Thats right...you read this correctly. So, a tradition for kids to see Santa gets shelved, while in another part of the country kids get brain washed into how wonderful Allah is. Let's make America great again....
Talia's daughter's class instead held their own holiday party, where parents from eight cultures described their customs.
This, from the article, is a much better way to teach kids about winter holidays.
Of course Santa isn't as religious as a nativity scene, but people who are saying he's not associated with Christmas specifically are being ridiculously obtuse. Of course he is. He's Father Christmas... he's in all the holiday movies etc. He may be a secular tradition for Christmas and has been adopted by everyone else because they want to give their kids some magic and traditions, but he's still associated with it.
My view?
1 - It's a stupid field trip for a public school to make.
2 - Parents who don't want their kids involved can keep their kids home.
2 - Parents who don't want their kids involved can keep their kids home.
Then the people who don't want their children to participate will complain that they are not getting the "free" babysitting service(Public School) for that day, and they have to make their own arrangements at their own expense. Then they sue for the expense!
I can't believe people are saying that Santa isn't part of Christmas! Santa may not be religious but it's still part of celebrating CHRISTmas, a CHRISTIAN holiday. It's one thing to have a winter concert that includes songs honoring multiple cultures reflective of a school community. But a school-sponsored field trip to see Santa is ridiculous. I'm so glad I live in a large enough, multi-cultural enough city that this kind of BS never happens, and I don't have to be attacked for being the Jewish mother who would make a protest if it did.
Santa is yet another victim of our overly sensitive / PC world.
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