Leslie Kelly: Elementary school’s alleged holiday party rules, including the ban of red and green, cause outrage

A PTA member from Gene and Ruby Nichols Elementary School, located in Frisco, TX, sent out a set of simple but rather controversial rules regarding any possible holiday parties held at the school, which basically outlaw, for the sake of political correctness, any reference to Christmas or any other religious holiday. This includes talking about said holidays, putting up Christmas trees, and putting up any red and green decorations. This seems kind of heavy for an elementary school. I mean, at my elementary school we had a very diverse student population but that didn't stop us from having some pretty kick-ass Christmas parties. And for some reason, I really don't think anyone got offended. It seems to me that Christmas doesn't really belong to the Christians anymore, but...anyone who wants it. Many of its traditions no longer carry religious context, or indeed never did. And at any rate, Christmas itself was adapted by early Christians from a very general, widely-celebrated pagan festival. Sorry, I'm digressing a bit here. My point is that Christmas isn't super religious anymore, at least not the Christmas that's being sold to us everywhere. The kids at Gene and Ruby Nichols Elementary deserve to celebrate how they want and they should have every chance to freely learn about other traditions and beliefs, and what this PTA person is suggesting is stunting their education of these things, in my opinion. P.S: I feel bad for focusing on Christmas here, it's just that Christmas is the winter holiday that gets the most buzz and opposition, in the PTA dude or dudette's case. For those who have other winter holidays, do you guys get offended when you see Christmas trees in public places? Would you rather see more symbols from your own traditions represented? Do the PTA member's rules seem reasonable or extreme? Read the article here.