We read:
"Head Start officials erred in ending Santa Claus visits to St. Peter Head Start classrooms and have unfairly made Somalis into scapegoats on the issue, say two Mankato Somalians who have lived in the community a combined 23 years.
Fanah Adam, who has children in the Mankato Head Start program, said respect for differing cultures and customs is a two-way street — a concept that was sullied by prohibiting a Santa appearance because some families in the class reportedly objected to it.
“Santa and the families (were) not the decision-makers; Head Start administrators are who sent Santa away,” he said.
Ahmed and Adam fear that the virulent anti-Somali reactions on website comment pages and forums to published reports of the Santa ouster could be breeding grounds for hate crimes.
Earlier this year Dennis Jackson of St. Peter, who has played Santa for St. Peter Head Start classes the past four years, was told by program officials that his appearance this year would be against some people’s wishes. He said he was given no specifics.
Chris Marben, who coordinates regional Head Start programs through Mankato-based Minnesota Valley Action Council, said this: “We have Somali families in the program. We’re respecting the wishes of the families.” She did not say how many objected to Santa’s appearance, nor if Somali families specifically objected.
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Leftists are always making up ways some group MAY be offended by Christian symbols etc. And then it turns out that no-one in the "offended" group is in fact offended.
So the Left stirs up hate towards the group that they are supposedly "helping".
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If it's anything anti-Christian, you can bet there's a whining leftist jew hiding in the shadows making their usual anonymous complaints.
I am offended by Leftists, therefore they must all be sent away.
Santa Claus isn't really a Christian symbol, anyway. I think he's more a pagan symbol
Santa Claus is not a Christian symbol, but he is a mythological distortion of a real Christian who was known for his generosity: Nicholas of Myra, otherwise known as Saint Nicholas. (270-343 A.D.)
http://bit.ly/b01P
Say "Saint Nicholas" out loud several times, and you'll see where the name "Santa Claus" came from.
If he were alive today to see what has been done to his name and memory, he would almost certainly be appalled.
3:34 said, "If he were alive today to see what has been done to his name and memory, he would almost certainly be appalled."
Turned into a superhero that brings joy and hope to children the world over? I highly doubt the "wondermaker" would disapprove. Although he might be amused. Still, both you and I can only guess what his actual opinion might have been on modern times.
I have personal proof that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy exist. No personal proof that god exists.
Anon 4:38,
As Santa Claus, he has been deified (assigned attributes which belong only to God), used to distract people from worshiping God, and is used to promote materialism. Any real Christian would object to being worshipped as if he was God and being used to push people away from Him. Nicholas became famous because he lived out Christian values better than most people. That makes him highly unlikely to be happy about how his memory has been abused.
Why else did they create the NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION to brainwash the kids with this anti-christian,anti-american biggotry and why else did that bumbling incompetent JIMMY CARTER create the DEPT of EDUCATION
Apart from the fact that "St Nicholas" was the combination of two christian saints; the one in popular US Xmas "culture" is of course even blended with some shaman Lapplander, and if that character can be so distorted (and like the Robin Hood charcater too), how much more likely the much-farther-back-in-history Jesus figure (who seems likely to have been combined with John the Baptist or other messianic figures). Just think about it and be less so credulous!!!
how much more likely the much-farther-back-in-history Jesus figure (who seems likely to have been combined with John the Baptist or other messianic figures).
Quantity and quality of information makes a much bigger difference than mere age. We know that the numerous documents written about Jesus' life—which were gathered into what we now call "The Bible"—were written when eyewitnesses were still alive (http://bit.ly/gqLdCf) making it possible to challenge them, that we have compelling reasons to believe they were transmitted accurately (http://bit.ly/wpQWD), and that even the most outrageous sounding claim of all—that He rose from the dead—was already widespread right in the city where the events actually happened within 5 years of his crucifixion (http://bit.ly/LAVyQ), making it impossible for it to have been a legendary development. (More here: http://bit.ly/hZfcbo)
You mean like all the living witnesses who claim to have seen Elvis alive after he was reported dead - ??
"that He rose from the dead"
"Rising from the dead" happens all the time in morgues.
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