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

[Plutovsgoofy]

Yes for me.

I loathe Christmas...I'd definitely send them in 😂

I'd dress as Krampus and walk them in

It would be an authorised absence (Attendance Code R: Religious Observance), so yes.

You cannot be fined for an authorised absence.

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It would be a quiet day at school and probably be "off timetable" because a massive % of pupils will be off due to the entitlement to have time off to take part in a religious festival that exists.
My daughter would probably have liked that at primary school. Probably a day of watching films and doing mindfulness colouring.

Dunno, but schools can allow 2 approved days off for religious holidays so maybe I'd take one of those.

No becsuse I don't celebrate Xmas. It means nothing to me.

Dh and I are both teachers so we’d be in work, so dc would have to go to school. Not likely to happen though.

What!?
Do you mean if UK suddenly changed the Bank Holiday dates? Or if I had moved to a country with a different holiday pattern?

First instance: no way my children are going to School in Easter or Christmas

Second instance: they will be going to every single lesson they are supposed to attend and we would move celebrations to their weekends.

Can teachers get time off for religious festivals that happen during the school term (if there's enough cover available)?

Kids and staff have authorised time off for religious festivals all the time so it's a bit of a non issue. Unless we are entering fictional dystopia territory?

Wondering when the OP will be back to mic drop the analogy she is working towards.

If I lived in a country where Christmas was not celebrated - yes. My sister lives in Japan. Her daughter went to school on Christmas Day and adults to work and they had a small celebration/meal in the evening.

Is it still the "thing" to have KFC in Japan in Christmas Day?
I remember reading it was the trend some years back and you could get limited edition plates from KFC.

If it was a choir school I would have signed up for it.

That question keeps coming up in pub quizzes so hopefully it's true!

Well it’s a national holiday in the UK. If I was living somewhere where it was a normal working day, I would book the day off if my children came into the equation. Otherwise I am not too bothered. I might for my own amusement make a version of Christmas food from local ingredients. 🤣

No! We don’t celebrate it.

I was just googling it.
It is still a "thing". KFC Japan have a special Christmas menu 😂

I spent some time living in a Muslim country as a child.

Christmas Day was just another day, so was celebrated with other expats on the nearest weekend - for the most part the Dads were all at work. School followed the UK pattern of holidays so we were on holiday from school - Generally we went to the beach on Christmas Day with all the other kids!

It's an arbitrary date.
If the mythical JC ever lived, there's no proof of D.O.B.

As I'd be off any way ( my employer gives "birthday leave"), I would.

Yes. It’s not really quite the same if you move it to a weekend.

Agree with this!

I’ve never worked my birthday (Christmas Eve) or Christmas Day in all of my life, and don’t plan on starting now.

Suppose the kid can stay off too 😂

What is the purpose of such a strange question @Plutovsgoofy ?