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Spanish school cancels Christmas
Reuters ^ | Wed Nov 29, 2006 | Reuters)

Posted on 12/09/2006 6:35:41 PM PST by DogByte6RER

Spanish school cancels Christmas

Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:13 PM GMT14

MADRID (Reuters) - A school in traditionally Catholic Spain has cancelled Christmas celebrations so as not to offend children who are not Christians, ABC newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Hilarion Gimeno school in Zaragoza said teachers had put forward various reasons for not celebrating Christmas, but ABC said the worry was that Muslim children might be upset.

The school will not put on a nativity play or hand out presents, but pupils will be free to decorate the halls and sing carols.

"We are educators and we want our school programme to advance the personal development of our students as much as possible," the school said.

Christmas celebrations usually last for about a month in Spain, with parties starting in December and running through to January 6 for "Los Reyes", a huge fiesta to celebrate the visit of the three wise men to the new-born Jesus in Bethlehem.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christmas; dhimmitude; islam; multicult; pc; religionofpeace; spain; waronchristmas
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To: PARodrig

ping


21 posted on 12/09/2006 7:01:58 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: DogByte6RER
Calling Charlemagne
22 posted on 12/09/2006 7:04:15 PM PST by outofstyle
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To: BW2221
Inquisition?

A simple resumption of the Civil War would do tricks you can't imagine.

Besides, all the Inquisition did was teach Spaniards to lie about church affiliation.

23 posted on 12/09/2006 7:06:57 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: DogByte6RER

Some days, I have to think about my Spanish heritage and remember that is made up of a different kind of blood, that which doesn't have room for socialism or cowardice tendencies.


24 posted on 12/09/2006 7:08:42 PM PST by elpinta (No tagline today)
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To: mamelukesabre
Your wife and daughters WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY AT ALL TIMES AND NEVER EVER TALK BACK.

Now, that's a dilemma. Would I give up bacon and bang my head on the floor 5 times a day for that? That does mean I get total control of the TV remote, right?

But I'd have to drive my wife (s) to work.

I'll consider it, but it's not a slam dunk.

25 posted on 12/09/2006 7:11:52 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: muawiyah
I was facetious, of course. Spain did rule the world for a while, long ago. But the election after the train bombings and now this? Appeasement of the first order.
26 posted on 12/09/2006 7:15:47 PM PST by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: DogByte6RER

This is nuts. I think Muslims in Iran celebrate Christmas. Jesus, or rather ISA, is a prophet in their religon.


27 posted on 12/09/2006 7:17:53 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHI)
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To: dfwgator
Too bad Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

They'll find another.

28 posted on 12/09/2006 7:19:34 PM PST by nina0113
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To: airborne
I'm going to say "Merry Christmas" to everyone I can, and see how many people I can offend!

I know atheists, agnostics, Jews, Hindus, even some Muslims and none of them would be offended.

Very strange!

29 posted on 12/09/2006 7:20:05 PM PST by A. Pole ("Truth at first is ridiculed, then it is violently opposed and then it is accepted as self evident.")
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To: DogByte6RER
May they go to hell and quicker the better.
30 posted on 12/09/2006 7:22:17 PM PST by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia now a certified socialist state reporting to Mexico City for further instructions)
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To: BW2221
There's nothing wrong with Spain that a resumption of the Inquisition wouldn't solve.

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!

31 posted on 12/09/2006 7:22:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Especially mel Brook version which I saw History of the world part 1 at 2am on AMC TV

MAN what would Spanish kings and queen think of their country NOW back in da day


32 posted on 12/09/2006 7:27:03 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: A. Pole
Only Muslims and their accomplices, the media.
33 posted on 12/09/2006 7:44:22 PM PST by airborne (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Jesus is the reason for the season!!)
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To: DogByte6RER

They could have saved some time and abandoned Christmas after their last election. What a crook of &*it.


34 posted on 12/09/2006 7:47:34 PM PST by xowboy
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To: DogByte6RER

I thought these guys are so tough that they fight bulls.


35 posted on 12/09/2006 7:51:16 PM PST by 353FMG (I never met a liberal I didn't dislike.)
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To: CremeSaver

Where does it say that it is illegal to offend someone with your most cherished beliefs? Is not this the essence of tyranny?


36 posted on 12/09/2006 7:58:44 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (Here come I, gravitas in tow.)
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To: CremeSaver
"Western culture is finished and white guilt will kill us all."

As long as the threat from Iran and company are focused on Israel for chickening-out of the War on Terror, that's the way it will go. Keep blaming the Jews for the purpose of our cutting and running, and the Islamists will eventually bring the War here. It doesn't have anything to do with "white guilt," though. Iran means "Aryan," and black people in general don't have anything to do with the problem.

It's going to be really and truly funny, when Islamists start whacking their neo-Nazi friends of various types and shadows. As they are the ones propagandizing against needed action in Iran.
37 posted on 12/09/2006 7:59:29 PM PST by familyop
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To: Dog Gone

Your wife(s) wouldn't work.

As I see it, the only downside would be the reduced odds of making it into heaven. Well, maybe the economy would tank from the labor pool being halved and we'd all live in third world conditions.


38 posted on 12/09/2006 8:00:50 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: Amos the Prophet
"Where does it say that it is illegal to offend someone with your most cherished beliefs? Is not this the essence of tyranny?"

Read the comment right after that one, and let us know if the sentiment works both ways.
39 posted on 12/09/2006 8:02:47 PM PST by familyop ("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --Saint Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly")
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To: DogByte6RER
Bow down to your new master, the sword of Islam...

You would have thought they would have learned from the 11th Century.

40 posted on 12/09/2006 8:03:09 PM PST by SeƱor Zorro ("The ability to speak does not make you intelligent"--Qui-Gon Jinn)
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