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?

FGS, they have called it an Evergreen Tree because their marketing team know consumers are put off the word 'artificial' and are sucker enough to fall for the word Evergreen as being 'less plastic' and more 'real'.

NeverDrop you won the thread with your post. Brilliant.

A visit to a supermarket is not the same as indoctrination in schools.
besides, Tesco’s have banned the word Christmas too.
If other cultures’ festivals were erased you’d be frothing at the bit and complaining to James O’Brien.

Tesco has banned the word Christmas?

Oh yes. Tesco have absolutely banned the word Christmas.

Tesco’s have banned the word Christmas too

No they haven't! Just go onto their website, they have a Christmas section and on that page the word "Christmas" is mentioned 53 times.

No-one is erasing Christmas

Banning words is silly. It's a fayre at Christmas.

Well all those newspapers are getting lots of hits from running the 'evergreen tree' story. Wonder if maybe there's some connection there? 🤔

The word banned doesn’t mean what you think it means.

Are you taking the piss? Surely you can't be as intellectually challenged as this comment applies.

You are aware that this is absolutely twaddle aren’t you? The Tesco Christmas ad has just been on TV. My Tesco Clubcard site is awash with Christmas stuff. The stores are chock full of Christmas stuff labelled as Christmas stuff. I genuinely can’t understand how you can possibly think they have “banned” the word Christmas. Utter utter nonsense.

Let me say this slowly and simply ...no they haven't.

HTH

You'd also have to be monumentally unaware not to realise they're bloody Christmas trees despite no obvious label saying "this is a Christmas tree you thick twat" - for all those confused buyers who think they're buying an inflatable palm tree for the pool or something

Ok, this got an actual LOL 😂
We need one of these labels on stuff for clarity and comedic value 😁

Evidence??