I've heard that some schools do not allow anymore Xmas parties because it's offensive to non-christian students and parents... I guess that's because they don't like the "Jesus-Mary-Joseph" thing :p
2006-12-01 05:41:51 · 18 answers · asked by R.C.P. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
depends on the religion i guess. i mean if your jewish and u celebrate hannukah, or if u celebrate quanza or any of the others it could be offensive. however christmas is just a general holliday without meaning to many. just a day u get to spend with your family.
christmas has many pagan ties to it, its not originated because of christs birth, it originated off of a pagan holliday.
2006-12-01 05:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
More likely they were banned for being very badly behaved - I'm sure there is more to it than this. If they were really banned because of their beliefs, then that is clearly wrong, because a Christmas party for children is a bit of fun organised by the school - it has very little to do with the Christian message - I very much doubt they will have said prayers and reflected on Jesus - that happens in assemblies and in church services - not at a Christmas party. A Christmas party at a school should be for all children, regardless of their beliefs, unless parents request that they don't go for any reason.
2016-05-23 08:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as my kids have been in school (7 years for the oldest), they had holiday parties and had symbols of all the December holidays (An Xmas tree, a menorah etc)
It's only offensive if it is ONLY a Xmas party seeing that there are other holidays in December.
2006-12-01 05:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
School Christmas parties don't talk about the Jesus, Mary, Joseph thing, as you so eloquently put it. They give out cookies and candy and talk about Santa and jingle bells. Yeah, that's really offensive isn't it? Leave Christmas alone all you liberal idiots!!!
2006-12-01 05:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Let's see if I understand this situation:
By analogy:
If most of the folks in a room wants to watch a Football Game, but one person says, "I don't believe in Football", then the Government should protect that person's right to not allow the other people to watch that Football Game.
I don't think that is what the framers of our constitution mean when they wrote about or thought about religious freedom ......... or Democracy.
2006-12-01 05:49:40 · answer #5 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am Muslim and I don't find Christmas parties offensive. My attitude is shared by most Muslims I know. On the contrary, people, irrespective of creed, tend to look forward to the event as a pretext to enjoy and have fun.
2006-12-01 05:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Chevalier 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. If parents don't want their kids participating, that's up to them, but I don't see why they should find it offensive. Oh & in response to the above post. Christmas is originally a PAGAN celebration & had nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, which history has now put at somewhere in late summer (August-September).
2006-12-01 05:49:26 · answer #7 · answered by cici1978 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Schools are not allowed Christmas parties. It's a holiday party or a "yeah, last day until Winter break" party. If they call it a Christmas party, someone will sue.
2006-12-01 05:45:07 · answer #8 · answered by sister steph 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas parties are offensive to real Christmas because they know Christmas is pagan, and that people who celebrate it are doing something that Jesus hates.
2006-12-01 06:58:33 · answer #9 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not more offensive than the pasta parties organised by pastafarians from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
http://www.venganza.org/
2006-12-01 06:10:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋