Where has Christmas gone
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.
keith
- 18th Dec 2010 02:52pm
Australia is a secular state. The constitution provides that there should be no established religion. If the childcare centre was located in an area where most pupils were nominally christian it would be appropriate to celebrate such events but it is less self-evident where many of the pupils come from families following a different religious heritage. Schools and childcare centres have to roll with the times and Australia has been committed to diversity and immigration from places other than the UK and Europe for over 60 years now.
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