Monotheological Decorations? (And nearly 5,000 hits!) December 20, 2008
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Okay, well, this is a rather local news incident, but I will explain the incident and ask you what you think.
The short of the story is that a man and his daughter decorated the pillars in front of the daughter’s public school with red and white stripes swirling down it. This was done with red and white wrapping paper. A mom of a child who attends the said school called the school administration and complained, complaining that it depicted candy canes, which are symbols of Christmas. Because it is a public school, the school is obligated to be secular in everything. I do not know the verdict though I believe the school did take the paper off their pillars.
Ridiculous. Insane. Candy canes, while they are more commonly eaten during the holiday season, are absolutely 100% secular. They represent food. Perhaps they embody the spirit of a cold snowy night and sitting in front of a fireplace. But no way are they tied directly to Christmas and Christmas only.
I know I have a multi-cultural audience, so, please, what do you think of this? Are candy canes secular or was the parent morally correct in telling the school to take down the decorations?
In other news, 4,999 hits! Wow. We are this close to 5,000 hits. Woohoo! 5,000 hits is halfway to my ultimate goal of 10,000 hits before this blog dies entirely [but let's stay optimistic. 5,000!!!!!]. And hopefully many more after that.
Haha, it’s 4999 right now, too!!! Am I your 5000th person? If so, yay!! ^_^ Lol!!
And idk, I think candy canes mostly represent Christmas, but like, everybody eats them. But still, in this country during the holidays, you can clearly see stores and commercials all advertising Christmas stuff. I barely see any Hanukkah (did I spell that right?) items and I never see Kwanza items. Or even, in the Holiday Dance Show at my school, it was a HOLIDAY dance show, but out of the 9 dances, 8 were about Christmas, and the other one had a little ‘dreidel’ snippet as a part of their music mix. We didn’t call it the Christmas Dance Show, but it sure seemed like it. Overall, I just think that since the majority of people here are Christians or a form of Christians, that’s why the focus of this country is on Christmas stuff.
I know.. but I still think that candy canes are secular foods.. it’s not like LATKES or something..
Yeah I happen to be eating a candy cane right now lol and i totally agree… Who cares if they made a pole look like a candy cane?
haha thank you for proving my point XD
Haha, and same here. I eat candycanes and I’m not Christian. And I’ve eaten latkes (idk how you spell that…) before and I’m not Jewish either. ^_^
Yes, but latkes are traditionally eaten on Chanukah and are usually not considered to be a very secular food. Candy canes though?
Haha I just ate latkes and they were goooooooooood… And then me and Gimely totally kicked ass at dreidl! I love hanukkah!!!
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niceeeee!!
Omg, I’ve played dreidl before with chocolate coins before and I totally pwned at it!! XD I forget what the symbols stand for now, but I knew them once, lol.