How much should Santa "spend"?

[lurker172602]

This just came up on my FB newsfeed.  I must say I agree with the sentiment (although not neccessarily with the way it is expressed).  We  Santa never "spent" much at our place.  Big ticket items always came from us.

[daydream**believer]

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@aps1080 wrote:

Daydream

But im kinda getting sick of people telling us parents what we should and shouldnt do at this time of the year.

First there was the idiot saying there shouldnt be seperated boys and girls toys. Then the idiot saying we shouldnt get kids to sit on Santas lap and now this one.

Its my kids Christmas and i'll do and spend and give whatever i want to them"

Are you single and female by any chance

A woman after my own heart with comments like that.

Don't forget schools are banned from using Christmas as well !!!

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lol

married with 3 kids aps.

My kids school did put a Christmas tree up in the front office this year. However, the Christmas concert was replaced with 'A Night at the Movies' concert. No Christmas songs, just songs from movies

[aps1080]

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Not sure. It's so that any "non christian" children aren't offended !!!

It is Xmas or happy holidays or such like.

PC gone effing mad IMHO

Why does everything have to change for the one or two kids in the class that are something else ??????

Edit

daydream, your thoughts on the change to a night at the movies or my example above ?????

[daydream**believer]

My thoughts on the concert change was one of anger. Quite a few parents were angry about it.

They did the same thing 2 years ago but there was quite a lot of backlash so last year they did a Christmas concert.

The decision to change the concert was just sprung upon us, not even discussed with Governing Council.

In the beginning we were told some classes would do movie songs and some would do Christmas songs.

My sons class did 'Happy' from Dispicable Me 2.

We did not go to the concert however i asked 3 parents who did attend and no classes did any Christmas songs

[aps1080]

Good on you for doing something.

You need to keep up the pressure or the PC brigade will take over.

[azureline**]

Some schools still do Christmas concerts, some don't. Probably a lot to do with parent participation, teachers who don't want to do it outside school hours etc.

My grandaughter's school (traditional Catholic) didn't do one this year.

My grandsons' school (state) never does one, too many children and other end of year events, like graduation.

[aps1080]

Azure

Those are valid reasons but not the reasons Christmas in banned.

That is because of the lefty do gooder PC brigade in councils that have far too much influence

and need to be reined in, big time and told to shove it (PC) up their noses and cater for the

MAJORITY of Students, NOT the minority.

AND, if the MAJORITY are Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus or whatever, FINE BY ME not to use Christmas

but when the MAJORITY are Austalian Christians, then that is what is catered for.

Rant over !!!

[azureline**]

Please show a valid link to where this has occurred for the reasons you state.

[aps1080]

I can't, it's the practice followed by schools / kindergartens here at council direction.

Every year the issue comes up.

[the_great_she_elephant]

Don't forget schools are banned from using Christmas as well !!!

Maybe we could do a survey. Hands up everyone here with school-aged children whose schools have banned the  naming or celebrating of Christmas. (personal experience only please, not "What I read on the internet" or "What someone I met in the supermarket told me hapened at the school her sister's friends children attend."

[aps1080]

Maybe it is council run schools only ?