Groan-inducing.
Via Red Alert:
Parents and a local state legislator are up in arms after learning about a party for students at a Frisco, Texas elementary school at which children won’t be allowed to say “Merry Christmas” or have a Christmas tree.
According to MyFox Dallas-Fort Worth, parents of students at Nichols Elementary School were sent home a letter by the school’s Parent-Teacher Association recently that included three rules for the party. The rules expressly prohibited any references being made to Christmas or any other religious holiday; no red, green or Christmas trees; and nothing that would stain the carpet at the school.
State Rep. Pat Fallon, who was forwarded the letter by an angry parent at Nichols Elementary School, believes that the party goes against a state law passed in June that encourages schools to “educate students about the history of traditional winter celebrations, and allow students and district staff to offer traditional greetings regarding the celebrations, including ‘Merry Christmas,’ ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ and ‘happy holidays’.”