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"Sound of Trumpet" |
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07 Dec 2007 01:44:18 PM |
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British School Bans Santa From Wearing Red |
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928916/posts
Great Britain: School bans Santa from wearing red - because it reminds
pupils of Coca-Cola
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | November 21, 2007
Posted on 11/21/2007 8:59:43 AM PST by Stoat
School bans Santa from wearing red - because it reminds pupils of Coca-
Cola
Last updated at 16:37pm on 21st November 2007
Santa Claus is being forced to wear a green suit when visiting a
school this year, after teachers decided the traditional red outfit
would remind pupils of Coca-Cola.
Education chiefs have also banned the annual Christmas grotto -
favouring an eastern European version of the festive season instead.
Staff at the Steiner School in Brighton, East Sussex, claim the red-
suited Santa is a symbol of "modern commercialism" and reminds
children of Coca-Cola adverts.
Father Christmas and Coca-Cola have long been linked via Coke's
advertising campaigns
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They want its 200 pupils - aged from three to 16 - to experience more
traditional values and customs, and have arranged for a Santa wearing
a green outfit and slippers to visit them instead.
School spokesman Sarah James said visitors hoping to find the
traditional jolly white-bearded fellow will be disappointed.
She added: "The red-suited Santa was created as a marketing tool by
Coca-Cola, it is a symbol of commercialism.
"The school want to give the children a different view of things."
The Steiner School in Brighton has taken a tough stance on Santa
Santa's grotto will be abandoned with kids instead visiting a gnome's
home which they can crawl inside.
They will then be told a moral story and given fake rocks to break
open with mini-hammers - to reveal crystals.
Mrs James added: "The school isn't trying to be a spoilsport or
anything like that.
"The children are bound to come across Santa Claus plenty of times in
the run up to Christmas and we're happy for them to.
"We just want the bazaar to give them a different experience.
No place for Santa: The poster for the Christmas bazaar advertises a
'GNOMES' grotto
"There will also be a craft market, candle dipping and choir
performances as well as gingerbread decorating, homemade food and live
music - in accordance with eastern European traditions."
But mum-of-two Cheryl Williams, 24, from Hove, said: "What a load of
nonsense!
"What are they going to ban next - snow?
"Once again the PC brigade have clamped down on everyone's fun."
And amateur historian David Baker, from Brighton, said: "There are
images of a red-suited santa going back to before the creation of Coca-
Cola.
"Thomas Nast drew images of Merry Old Santa Claus that shows Santa in
his red suit.
"If my research is correct, Coca-Cola wasn't even invented until 1886."
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| User: "Fred" |
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| Title: Re: British School Bans Santa From Wearing Red |
07 Dec 2007 02:42:34 PM |
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Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928916/posts
Great Britain: School bans Santa from wearing red - because it reminds
pupils of Coca-Cola
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | November 21, 2007
Posted on 11/21/2007 8:59:43 AM PST by Stoat
School bans Santa from wearing red - because it reminds pupils of Coca-
Cola
Last updated at 16:37pm on 21st November 2007
Santa Claus is being forced to wear a green suit when visiting a
school this year, after teachers decided the traditional red outfit
would remind pupils of Coca-Cola.
Education chiefs have also banned the annual Christmas grotto -
favouring an eastern European version of the festive season instead.
Staff at the Steiner School in Brighton, East Sussex, claim the red-
suited Santa is a symbol of "modern commercialism" and reminds
children of Coca-Cola adverts.
Father Christmas and Coca-Cola have long been linked via Coke's
advertising campaigns
Enlarge the image
They want its 200 pupils - aged from three to 16 - to experience more
traditional values and customs, and have arranged for a Santa wearing
a green outfit and slippers to visit them instead.
School spokesman Sarah James said visitors hoping to find the
traditional jolly white-bearded fellow will be disappointed.
She added: "The red-suited Santa was created as a marketing tool by
Coca-Cola, it is a symbol of commercialism.
"The school want to give the children a different view of things."
The Steiner School in Brighton has taken a tough stance on Santa
Santa's grotto will be abandoned with kids instead visiting a gnome's
home which they can crawl inside.
They will then be told a moral story and given fake rocks to break
open with mini-hammers - to reveal crystals.
Have they really nothing better to do?
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| User: "Fred" |
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| Title: Re: British School Bans Santa From Wearing Red |
07 Dec 2007 04:44:16 PM |
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Sound of Trumpet wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928916/posts
Great Britain: School bans Santa from wearing red - because it reminds
pupils of Coca-Cola
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | November 21, 2007
Posted on 11/21/2007 8:59:43 AM PST by Stoat
School bans Santa from wearing red - because it reminds pupils of Coca-
Cola
Last updated at 16:37pm on 21st November 2007
Santa Claus is being forced to wear a green suit when visiting a
school this year, after teachers decided the traditional red outfit
would remind pupils of Coca-Cola.
Education chiefs have also banned the annual Christmas grotto -
favouring an eastern European version of the festive season instead.
Staff at the Steiner School in Brighton, East Sussex, claim the red-
suited Santa is a symbol of "modern commercialism" and reminds
children of Coca-Cola adverts.
Someone should remind them that "modern commercialism" funds their
index linked pensions! Something that many people working in the vulgar
commercial sector will never have.
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