^ Christmas is re-named because it could be seen a racist ^

Well, recently my brother came back from school the other day with a letter in his hand and looked a little baffeled.
I asked him whats the matter and he handed me the a school newsletter, in which stated that "The christmas holiday is now to be changed to Winter Festival".
Why? because having a holiday dedicated to Christmas could be found racist to other ethnic religions.
So, Christians cannot now say 'Christmas Holiday' because it may offend others who beleive other than Christian.
My mum sort of went into one, giving us a lecture about how the country is run, and silly laws that prevent people living freeley blah..dee..blah..:rolleyes:

But now, come on, this has got to be the most stupid excuse ever to witness my eyes!
Has this happened to anyone here? What are your thoughts about this?

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dats so so odd!

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Originally Posted by Carlsta

dats so so odd!

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Lol, I find it quite funny that its got this silly with racism.

Christmas isn't racist, you don't have to be christian to celebrate christmas anyway.

Some families tend not to celebrate Christmas as they only follow there own religions. Someone obviously feels that Christmas should be considered as another holiday instead of something religous.

You either celebrate or not, leave it at that.

How sad :l

I heard it was gonna be called "The festival of lights" ;|

No offence to anyone religious, but if you don't like the name "Christmas" then don't celebrate it, it's a traditional Christian holiday name after Jesus Christ.

I think it's ridiculous. It has happened at my school as well - exept we call it the "Holiday Seranade"

I find the whole thing kind of stupid as we wouldn't be celebrating it or takign school off for it if it wasn't for Christmas. So why change the name?

Political correctness has taken over the world. -.-

Can't we all just celebrate our own religious days without it becoming a debate about political correctness? :rolleyes:

To quote a song called "Merry Christmas...if that's okay":

"Christmas comes just once a year,
So for a few day, for crying out loud,
Can we all just get along?"

It will always be known as christmas, full stop.

Racist my white bum... How the hell can christmas be racist, I mean, it's for everyone that wants to celebrate it.

We don't go up to jews and say they're racist for having whatever they have... That... Erm, Hannkakuer or w/e.

They're just moaning.

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Originally Posted by NekkLe

Well, recently my brother came back from school the other day with a letter in his hand and looked a little baffeled.
I asked him whats the matter and he handed me the a school newsletter, in which stated that "The christmas holiday is now to be changed to Winter Festival".
Why? because having a holiday dedicated to Christmas could be found racist to other ethnic religions. W'TF??
So, Christians cannot now say 'Christmas Holiday' because it may offend others who beleive other than Christian.
My mum sort of went into one, giving us a lecture about how the country is run, and silly laws that prevent people living freeley blah..dee..blah..:rolleyes:

But now, come on, this has got to be the most stupid excuse ever to witness my eyes!
Has this happened to anyone here? What are your thoughts about this?

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I'll be calling it christmas w/e they say.

We call it christmas holidays. Gosh how isit offenseive to other religions? Im not christian so what, doesnt mean you haev to re-name it. They forogt about the culture and history behind the festival. Sheesh.

Lmao, i seen something on tele about this. Its way pathetic. The countrys trying so hard not to be seen as racist that there being complete and utter jerrrks!

'tis like x-mas lights have been re-names winter lights.

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Originally Posted by Rupsie

'tis like x-mas lights have been re-names winter lights.

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Are you being serious?

I told everyone this in another thread x'D

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Originally Posted by Clarissa.

Are you being serious?

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Yep, christmas lights was considered "raicist" so tis called winter lights :l

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Originally Posted by Rupsie

Yep, christmas lights was considered "raicist" so tis called winter lights :l

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Thats pathetic..

How can Christmas be racist?? We celebrate it other religions celebrate certain things but they don't call it something different so it can't be racist

Christmas is a celebration not racism.

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Originally Posted by Clarissa.

Thats pathetic..

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Ex-ac-tlee.

Its stupid. People have been celebrating Christmas in britain for like thousands of years or something. Britain has always been a Christain country. The forgeiners who are coming into our country need to respect our values.
If you go into somebody elses house you dont expect them to change to do things your way. You do things there way!

Eveeryone i know celebrates christmas.. I wont call it winter festival. What a stupid name..

*cough* Irish ppl celebrate it too*cough*

we don't moan at outher religions when they celebrate there religions!

if they dnt like it get the hell out our country!

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel

*cough* Irish ppl celebrate it too*cough*

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Every person in the world celebrates it :rolleyes:

It's weird, how the name Christmas is racist when it has CHRIST as in Jesus in it.

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Originally Posted by NekkLe

Well, recently my brother came back from school the other day with a letter in his hand and looked a little baffeled.
I asked him whats the matter and he handed me the a school newsletter, in which stated that "The christmas holiday is now to be changed to Winter Festival".
Why? because having a holiday dedicated to Christmas could be found racist to other ethnic religions. W'TF??
So, Christians cannot now say 'Christmas Holiday' because it may offend others who beleive other than Christian.
My mum sort of went into one, giving us a lecture about how the country is run, and silly laws that prevent people living freeley blah..dee..blah..:rolleyes:

But now, come on, this has got to be the most stupid excuse ever to witness my eyes!
Has this happened to anyone here? What are your thoughts about this?

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how sad
i ill complain if that does happen
alot of othe religions have other name for celebration times ao why cant we !

Nobody will get used2 the name #its nearly christmas# WOOPSY i mean winter festival. "/

Thats lame... they have there own celebrations, we have ours
Racism I think not.

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Originally Posted by NekkLe

Well, recently my brother came back from school the other day with a letter in his hand and looked a little baffeled.
I asked him whats the matter and he handed me the a school newsletter, in which stated that "The christmas holiday is now to be changed to Winter Festival".
Why? because having a holiday dedicated to Christmas could be found racist to other ethnic religions. W'TF??
So, Christians cannot now say 'Christmas Holiday' because it may offend others who beleive other than Christian.
My mum sort of went into one, giving us a lecture about how the country is run, and silly laws that prevent people living freeley blah..dee..blah..:rolleyes:

But now, come on, this has got to be the most stupid excuse ever to witness my eyes!
Has this happened to anyone here? What are your thoughts about this?

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I am a Christian so you could find this one sided...

Christmas is to celebrate the birthday of Jesus not so we can get presents.
If 'other' religions find it offensive then don't buy presents. Don't recieve presents and pretend Christmas is even there!

Christmas is NOT racist, other religions have their celebrations. Your school is wrong because no one is turning round saying you cannot celebrate Christmas because you're from a different religion.

In bradford we have to call it
Festive holiday :rolleyes:

thats just wrong. For a fact i am jewish, and we dotn celebrate christmas. Btu who says that christians can't call it chritma? i mean why did they invent the free country thing if your not going to be aloud to live freely?

that drive's me absolutley nuts. What's next? Jews can celebrate Hanukkah ?:@

THAT'S BAD. I'M QUITE ANNOYED REALLY. WE CAN'T EVEN CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS NOW. IT'S ALL TO DO WITH THE ETHNIC THINGIES. I'M NOT BEING FUNNY OR ANYTHING BUT MOST PEOPLE IN THE UK CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND ONLY ABOUT 20% ARE ETHNIC AND THEY HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT THEY WANT? :s Whilst people have been celebrating christmas for centuries.

yep i no its stupid same as "piggy bank" because asian ppl cant eat pig?

thats wot i heard (im not bein racist)

o and next i think "black" will be u'no the colour (again not bein racist)

most probably but wots offensive bout "piggy bank?"

I agree with that. This isnt a Christian country, so why have country holidays named after Christian holidays? Makes no scence.

But calling it winter festival sounds a bit stupid. Should be winter holidays, like hw summer holidays is summer holidays.

should also rename easter holidays scince that is also christian.

edit: and racist isnt the right word :S That makes no scence

no tubby people:(

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Originally Posted by NekkLe

Well, recently my brother came back from school the other day with a letter in his hand and looked a little baffeled.

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Originally Posted by NekkLe

I asked him whats the matter and he handed me the a school newsletter, in which stated that "The christmas holiday is now to be changed to Winter Festival".
Why? because having a holiday dedicated to Christmas could be found racist to other ethnic religions. W'TF??
So, Christians cannot now say 'Christmas Holiday' because it may offend others who beleive other than Christian.
My mum sort of went into one, giving us a lecture about how the country is run, and silly laws that prevent people living freeley blah..dee..blah..:rolleyes:

But now, come on, this has got to be the most stupid excuse ever to witness my eyes!
Has this happened to anyone here? What are your thoughts about this?

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Although that was horribly worded, this issue was predicted over a year ago. I live in the United States so I'm not sure what the political system in UK has laid out, but in the US, "church and state" are not allowed to be mixed.

Part of the reason for this disagreement is because the United States is all about diversity. The US encourages has many cultures blended in and everyone must learn to respect each other's rights. Since people of non-Christian backgrounds are citizens of the US, all the rights granted to any US citizen are granted to them.
Since saying "Merry/Happy Christmas" promotes Christianity, many people outside the Christian religion have taken notice of this and spoke their minds.

All the complaints were followed by a famous Supreme Court decision in Engel vs. Vitale.

One day in the fall of 1958, Steven Engel visited his son's classroom in the Searington Elementary School in the Herricks school district. Engel, a Jew, was not prepared for what he saw his son doing.

The Board of Education of Union Free School, New York was instructing the students of their district to say a specified nondenominational prayer each day. Some parents responded by calling the prayer a violation of the First Amendment's separation of church and state. Since the government funds the public school systems, allowing prayer inside a classroom means the US government is suppporting a religion. The court agreed with the parents, saying that: "it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayer."

After said event, many complaints related to separation of church and state have been filed and many more are predicted to come.

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Originally Posted by SEXYDEATH

Although that was horribly worded, this issue was predicted over a year ago. I live in the United States so I'm not sure what the political system in UK has laid out, but in the US, "church and state" are not allowed to be mixed.

Part of the reason for this disagreement is because the United States is all about diversity. The US encourages has many cultures blended in and everyone must learn to respect each other's rights. Since people of non-Christian backgrounds are citizens of the US, all the rights granted to any US citizen are granted to them.
Since saying "Merry/Happy Christmas" promotes Christianity, many people outside the Christian religion have taken notice of this and spoke their minds.

All the complaints were followed by a famous Supreme Court decision in Engel vs. Vitale.

One day in the fall of 1958, Steven Engel visited his son's classroom in the Searington Elementary School in the Herricks school district. Engel, a Jew, was not prepared for what he saw his son doing.

The Board of Education of Union Free School, New York was instructing the students of their district to say a specified nondenominational prayer each day. Some parents responded by calling the prayer a violation of the First Amendment's separation of church and state. Since the government funds the public school systems, allowing prayer inside a classroom means the US government is suppporting a religion. The court agreed with the parents, saying that: "it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayer."

After said event, many complaints related to separation of church and state have been filed and many more are predicted to come.

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In Britain, the church and state are connected unlike the USA from what you wrote.

Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in the 1600's and declared himself the leader of the Anglican Church. Therefore, Queen Elizabeth II must be incharge of a Christian Church, so how long will it be until the UK's Religion & Monarchy system are torn apart by the PC Brigade.

(Excuse me for the wording of that, as I'm tired and couldn't word it properly)

Anyway, Political Correctness is a load of balls anyway. We were doing displacement reactions in Science the other day, and I queried how long it would be until the PC Brigade ban it as it's 'unfair to less reactive metals'.