Society & Culture

Where has Christmas gone

Society & Culture

Posted by: Mustang17

27th Nov 2010 06:58am

The Child Centre where my daughter-in-law works will not be celebrating Christmas with the children as there are families who attend who dont believe in it. Last time I checked this was Australia and I grew up going to school and making Christmas gifts and easter bonnets as a way of life.
To me this is a tradition of the Australian way of life which we now have to change for a minority. It's not like we would go to their country of origin and demand that they celebrate our way of life.


Ralphy
  • 8th Dec 2011 03:44pm

I lived in Canada for 5 years and yes it is very similar in nature and culture to Australia, they also have the same problems form vocal minorities there.. for many years on an escarpment the city council would put up a huge merry christmas sign that lit up the night sky in all those glorious colors of christmas... well enter the vocal minority and the sign is no longer put up but a simple white banner that says happy holidays now sits there year after year.... i moved back to australia a few years back now and see that it is an infliction that is spreading rapidly... why is it we Aussies are called racists etc if we practice our freedom of speech and say that all other cultures that move here should respect our traditions but these vocal minorities are poor hard done by people who can burn flags, treat women like second class citizens, demand respect and use violence if they dont get it???? I say this to these vocal minorities, you chose to come to our great home, if you dont like it, leave it.. dont let the door hit you on the backside on the way out.. to the rest of those who have moved here from far and abroad and have embraced our culture or at the very least, respected our culture.. i say welcome mate and Merry Christmas....


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