If attendance at school was mandatory on Christmas Day, would you keep your child off

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Yes for me.

Yes because we are Christian.

It's not going to happen though. There would be uproar by all the teachers for one never mind any of the other staff or the transport that gets the kids there. It's not just about kids going to school.

Yes, as a religious festival we observe.

Honestly, if we lived in a country where it wasn’t a bank holiday, we’d probably move it to the nearest weekend.

In a nominally Christian country this would not ever happen though...

No I’d do on the nearest weekend day. Similar to birthday celebrations.

If it was a non Christian country, I would move it to the nearest weekend.

If the school system changed that much that they no longer got Christmas holidays and had to go in on Christmas Day then I don’t think I would have my children in school at all.

Is this actually about keeping your kids off school for an important non-Christian religious festival? In which case I’d hope the school would be flexible.

Our household really celebrates the solstice, we just do it with a broadly Christmas wrapper because of our secular culture and family history. It is convenient to celebrate on the 25th right now. If there was school and work on December 25th we would just move it to the actual solstice and take that day off. If I’m going to take a stand, I’m going to do it on the 21st which is the correct day to celebrate.

Probably.

I would celebrate after school.

I think churches would respond by holding an early christmas day mass before school.

Both my parents did shifts when I was growing up, so I didnt grow up with the same expectations of Christmas day being a day off I suppose.

No, they'd go in and we'd celebrate in the evening like we do for weekday birthdays.

I would also celebrate on the solstice, and take that day off if they were meant to be in school that day. (Usually but not always 21st Dec).
Not that fussed about the 25th tbh.

If they were at school then many of us would also be at work so any celebration would be moved to another day.

I’d probably quite enjoy having the middle of the day to get stuff done. 😂 We don’t ever visit family for Christmas (because no one will host but us), so we’d always be home.

I’m technically Jewish (though we celebrate Christmas and Easter in a secular feast day sort of way). My kids go to school on Jewish holidays and generally I work too. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Of course

No, because if that was the case obviously we would be in a culture where the vast majority of those celebrating Christmas would be doing it at the weekend. The actual day doesn’t matter, but it’s nice to have everyone celebrate it at the same time.

I think I'd be really loathe to relocate anywhere where you'd be in school on Christmas Day. It was a big deal when I was a child and I like my kids to have the same tradition.

I've taken school attendance policies as more of a guideline than they would like, to be honest.

It’s not so your question is irrelevant.

Yes.

I'd send mine in if we were here.
Up early for Father Christmas (their choice), school all day with a packed lunch then home to a lovely dinner.
Not sure how teachers would manage the festivities though.

If I lived in a non Christian country I would probably have a small celebration in the evening and a bigger celebration on the nearest weekend. Like birthdays

I have worked every Christmas Day for the past 10 years it would help me out if I could send the children into school and celebrate when it was more convenient.

triple pay for Christmas Day.

No, if I was living somewhere where it wasn't a holiday, we'd celebrate at the weekend.