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(82,333 posts) Wed Nov 30, 2016, 04:59 PM Nov 2016

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Portland schools are right to ban Santa Claus in classrooms (Commentary)

By Lizzy Acker | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on November 30, 2016 at 12:09 PM

Santa Claus, it appears, is now persona non grata in most Portland-area public schools. And you know what? Good. It's about time.

Before I go any further: if you are a kid, who is somehow reading this and also still believes in Santa: Keep reading. I'm about to blow your mind.

Santa Claus is not real. He is a character based on a monk-turned-saint, St. Nicholas. The iteration Christian and secular American children worship is based on "The Night Before Christmas," marketing material and mall visits.

Some people like to argue he's barely a religious symbol anymore, which I'd agree with. He's a symbol of capitalism, a sort of manifestation of our greatest moral value: wealth.

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Portland schools are right to ban Santa Claus in classrooms (Commentary) (Original Post) rug Nov 2016 OP

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #1

believing in Santa is not much different than believing in a god Angry Dragon Nov 2016 #2

Reminds me of Goblinmonger Nov 2016 #3

Why is this even up for discussion? Laffy Kat Nov 2016 #4

I quit believing in God when my parents told me Santa was made up. nt Still Blue in PDX Nov 2016 #5

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)

1. K&R!!! n/t

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Wed Nov 30, 2016, 05:02 PM

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Angry Dragon

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2. believing in Santa is not much different than believing in a god

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Wed Nov 30, 2016, 05:06 PM

Nov 2016

Goblinmonger

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3. Reminds me of

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Wed Nov 30, 2016, 05:10 PM

Nov 2016

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)

4. Why is this even up for discussion?

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Wed Nov 30, 2016, 05:24 PM

Nov 2016

Santa is a religious figure representing Christianity. There is a guaranteed separation of church and state written into the Constitution. Period.

Still Blue in PDX

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5. I quit believing in God when my parents told me Santa was made up. nt

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Wed Nov 30, 2016, 06:04 PM

Nov 2016

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