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.
Now that's scary.
" . . . and you give up, then you neither live nor win. And that's just the way it is." Josey Wales
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
:-P
It's not Islam, it's stealth PC communism.
"now they're practically giving it back?"
They are not willing to have enough children to replace their population. There are about 40 million Spaniards in 2005. By the end of the century there will be less than 7 million. They will be outnumbered by Muslims in 70 years. If you do not have enough faith in your future to have children, you are done. Even El CID could not work a miracle in 21 Century Socialist Spain.
Muy estupido!
What spineless wimps you spaniards are.
You disgust me with your lack of pride for your culture and your country.
The Islamists ridicule you.
You are not men, you are cowards.
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