Our school has banned the word Christmas?

[Fayethefair]

I’ve heard from a friend on my DD’s school’s ptfa that our Cambridgeshire school has banned the word Christmas to make the school events feel more inclusive. So now it’s Festive Party, Festive Fayre etc. I’m happy to let mumsnet know the name of the school if they don’t feel this post is genuine so they can check this themselves but I won’t put names on here as this is my child’s school, I just don’t think this right and want to see what others think.

My daughter attended a Diwali lunch put on by the school recently and I genuinely thought this was lovely. I feel everything should be represented equally, I don’t understand or agree that the head should be picking and choosing what’s allowed and what isn’t. Surely this isn’t right?

The word ‘apparently’ is doing some Herculean heavy lifting here.

The UK already has a very diverse cultural heritage, and a lot of Christmas traditions are from Germany, Scandinavia or even the USA.

Surely this can't be true?

I think if it’s important to your friend to name the annual end of year fundraiser a Christmas Fair rather than a Winter one, they should contact the school. Like other posters I’m fairly certain the children will learn about the religious significance of Christmas.

There is no way they’ve “banned the word christmas” - what would that even mean, in reality? This is how BS headlines get imbecilic flag shaggers all frothy and head teachers have to wearily issue statements to keep the peace.

Yes, it's always the Christians getting a battering. Aren't we lucky that there's no Islamophobia or antisemitism in the UK! FFS.

More likely Jehovah's Witnesses.

If 'Christmas' is to be banned then surely so should 'Diwali' and 'Eid' etc? Not a level playing field here.

I will continue using the word Christmas (and Easter and any other terms relating to my faith) until my last breath thank you very much. As a PP said, Christmas IS inclusive by nature as Christ welcomed all to come to Him.

Getting smashed on mulled wine in overpriced Festive Markets?

It literally says in the article that one panto didn't have reference to Christmas to be inclusive but there were other Christmas events running over the period. You have to wipe the DM shite off before you can see what's actually happened.

You do realise nobody is expecting anyone to not use the word Christmas don't you?

Snort. People were saying that when those nasty German ideas entered the country during the Reformation.

Nobody's fucking stopping you 😂😂😂

Yeah sure they banned the word Christmas. Totally credible. 🙄

Why are you so obsessed with people getting smashed at various Christmas events? I thought it was a joke at first but you keep mentioning it.

@Bagsintheboot I was using it as an example and so don't want to derail the thread (tho yes I am coming back to it - what a contradiction!) but there are approx 48,000 trans men in the whole of the UK. The general fertility rate in England and Wales is 51.9 births per 1,000 women or 0.05% of the population. So, assuming the same general fertility rate for trans men that would be 2,491 "pregnant people". Compared to approx 600,000 women. So, no it's not impartial. It's pandering to a very small number of percentage of people.

It’s because they are bitter and lack imagination to think of anything else.
Maybe because they were never invited to a Christmas party?

I hoped the use of "are" would give it away! 😁

So why is Diwali inclusive but not Christmas?

You're quite welcome to carry on using the word 'Christmas', because no one is saying that you can't. Stop believing all the nonsense from posters, claiming such rubbish! They are nothing, but troublemakers.

Tell me you know nothing about the cultural heritage of this country without telling me you know nothing about the cultural heritage of this country.

I am sure that the word christmas hasn’t been banned in the school. I am certain that in RE lessons the children will still be learning about Christianity and Christian festivals. I am sure that there will still be an assembly or two about Christmas. I am sure that the staff will be working the children happy Christmas! But the school expects the events put on by the PTA to be inclusive, and the Christmas fayre is really a seasonal event rather than a Christian tradition, so no harm in calling it a festive fayre and then everyone feels able to attend.

Christ welcomed all to come to Him

But not if they arrived in small boats, it seems.

If you need a boat and can't walk on water, can you really be a true believer?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lpgen877ko