The big hoopla at the schools this Christmas season is the "play" the 4th & 5th graders are putting on across the district. It's based on the greenhouse effect, and yaps, apparently, about Santa and how all our American Consumerism is killing the elves. Letters to the editor don't get too specific, and I haven't seen the thing myself, but it there are actually parents who have pulled their children from participating in it.
Today, the Howler watched an animated video about the meaning and history of Hanukkah.
Please explain to me why it's okay to have the children brow beat their parents with music that says we're killing Santa and the elves, and why is it okay to have the children exposed to Jewish religious traditions and beliefs, but we can't have Christian prayer in public schools?
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