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	<title>Defend Christmas &#187; Christmas in Schools</title>
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	<description>The War on the War on Christmas</description>
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		<title>Feds Refuse to Let Principals Off the Hook in Candy Cane Case</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2010/07/02/feds-refuse-to-let-principals-off-the-hook-in-candy-cane-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has ruled that two Plano elementary school principals can be held personally liable in a lawsuit over a student&#8217;s distribution of religious Christmas candy canes. 
Principals Lynn Swanson and Jackie Bomchill wanted to be dismissed from the suit, claiming qualified immunity, but a lower court denied their request. The 5th U.S. [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Feds Refuse to Let Principals Off the Hook in Candy Cane Case", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2010/07/02/feds-refuse-to-let-principals-off-the-hook-in-candy-cane-case/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of Candy Cane Case</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2010/06/28/us-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-appeal-of-candy-cane-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear an appeal from some Texas parents who wanted to stop their school district from regulating when students can pass out religious-themed material to classmates.
The court refused to hear an appeal from some parents from the Plano Independent School District.
The district in 2005 told elementary students that religious-themed [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of Candy Cane Case", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2010/06/28/us-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-appeal-of-candy-cane-case/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota School Board Moves to Bring Back Christmas</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2010/05/05/minnesota-school-board-moves-to-bring-back-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 03:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas break and Good Friday might be back &#8211; at least on the Brainerd School District calendar.
The Brainerd School District&#8217;s Finance Committee Tuesday recommended the school board take back its earlier motion and make reference to religious holidays in the 2010-11 school calendar.
The school board in April voted to not make reference to religious holidays [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Minnesota School Board Moves to Bring Back Christmas", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2010/05/05/minnesota-school-board-moves-to-bring-back-christmas/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Area School District Changes Christmas to Winter</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2010/05/05/boston-area-school-district-changes-christmas-to-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming more and more a common practice for a school district to change the word &#8220;Christmas&#8221; to &#8220;Winter&#8221; on calendars. Even though the holiday is federally recognized, school boards cite political sensitivity while never exposing just who is offended by the use of the word Christmas. The latest to do so is a [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Boston Area School District Changes Christmas to Winter", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2010/05/05/boston-area-school-district-changes-christmas-to-winter/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Forced Christmas Music Measure Dies in California</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2010/04/20/forced-christmas-music-measure-dies-in-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Californians apparently weren’t feeling the Christmas spirit during Merry Susan Hyatt’s five-month carol initiative signature collection effort.
The measure failed Friday when the final signature count turned out to be only half a percent of the required 433,971, according to the secretary of state’s office. In all, 2,176 signatures were collected in California between Nov. 2 [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Forced Christmas Music Measure Dies in California", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2010/04/20/forced-christmas-music-measure-dies-in-california/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Charter School Students Can&#8217;t Say Christmas at Talent Show</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/19/idaho-charter-school-students-cant-say-christmas-at-talent-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas in Public]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Garden City (Idaho) public charter school director asked students singing in a school talent show to replace the word &#8220;Christmas&#8221; with &#8220;holiday&#8221; because of the scrutiny Nampa Classical Academy has garnered regarding the use of religious texts in the classroom.
Media attention over the lawsuit Nampa Classical Academy has brought against the Idaho Public Charter [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Idaho Charter School Students Can&#8217;t Say Christmas at Talent Show", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/19/idaho-charter-school-students-cant-say-christmas-at-talent-show/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Syracuse NY Schools Ban Santa at School</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/10/syracuse-ny-schools-ban-santa-at-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas in Schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Santa Claus can still visit Woodland Elementary School in East Syracuse, N.Y., but only after school hours and not mingling with children in the cafeteria as in the past.
The Post-Standard  reports that the East Syracuse-Minoa school system has restricted Santa to after-hours unless he&#8217;s connected to a &#8220;classroom lesson or activity that&#8217;s educational and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Syracuse NY Schools Ban Santa at School", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/10/syracuse-ny-schools-ban-santa-at-school/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon School Brings Back Christmas Tree After National Outcry</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/09/oregon-school-brings-back-christmas-tree-after-national-outcry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bellview Elementary School Principal Michelle Zundel will bring back a giving tree at the school today, reversing a controversial decision that upset hundreds of community members.
&#8220;The issue about whether to have a tree or not to have a tree is settled,&#8221; Zundell said at a community meeting Tuesday night. &#8220;We will have a tree.&#8221;
Zundel removed [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Oregon School Brings Back Christmas Tree After National Outcry", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/09/oregon-school-brings-back-christmas-tree-after-national-outcry/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>School District Promotes Christmas in the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/08/school-district-promotes-christmas-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a refreshing bit of news: a public school district that actually promotes Christmas in the classroom. Granite School District in Salt Lake City, Utah has published direction to it&#8217;s school principals that &#8221; it is absolutely appropriate to include instruction about Christmas — sing the songs and display and explain the symbols — but [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "School District Promotes Christmas in the Classroom", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/08/school-district-promotes-christmas-in-the-classroom/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>School Kicks Santa Out of the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/04/school-kicks-santa-out-of-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bah Humbug]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One school district isn&#8217;t allowing Santa Claus into any of its classrooms this year. 
The move has some parents in the East Syracuse (New York) Minoa School District protesting the decision, which they say isn&#8217;t fair to the kids.
A letter from the School District said that programs that involve a singular tradition may not take [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "School Kicks Santa Out of the Classroom", url: "http://defendchristmas.com/2009/12/04/school-kicks-santa-out-of-the-classroom/" });</script>]]></description>
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