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Is Santa silly?

Arran

I'm writing this as someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas in either a religious or cultural sense. From a young age I was told that Santa doesn't exist and is just a silly hoax that parents play on their kids. It never affected me in any bad way and neither was I expecting to find wrapped presents mysteriously appear on the morning of the 25th day of December. If anybody in my family received a Christmas gift then it was usually opened on the same day. A downside to this is that even from the age of 4 or 5 I went round telling kids at school "Father Christmas isn't real, it's all made up, your parents buy Christmas presents from the shops" which often resulted in me getting into trouble whenever they got upset. I once had to report to the head teacher after completely reducing a classmate to tears.

Is the concept of Santa a silly nonsense or is it part of the joys of childhood? Do you tell your own children the truth or would you prefer to go along with the cultural norm? Is pleasing one's classmates more important than knowing the truth? What about children at school who follow different religions so do not celebrate Christmas - where do they fit in?

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  • teachers can only know how parents convey any message at home if the partnership between state and citizen is carefully and appropriately managed, such good practice is the responsibilty of both parties. it might be considered unfair to place responsibility for family, religious/non-religious or social practices solely on the formal educators/teachers.

    many multi ethnic schools have a policy of entering into dialogue with thosr belonging to their communities and beyond, and many will as a result of such action offend very few. unfortunately it is the nature of the beast that we will likely always offend someone even when trying to offend no-one.

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    rob

     

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  • teachers can only know how parents convey any message at home if the partnership between state and citizen is carefully and appropriately managed, such good practice is the responsibilty of both parties. it might be considered unfair to place responsibility for family, religious/non-religious or social practices solely on the formal educators/teachers.

    many multi ethnic schools have a policy of entering into dialogue with thosr belonging to their communities and beyond, and many will as a result of such action offend very few. unfortunately it is the nature of the beast that we will likely always offend someone even when trying to offend no-one.

    respect

    rob

     

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