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.
Libby
- 18th Dec 2010 03:02pm
Christian beliefs were introduced to Australia when it was colonised.... it was not the original belief system of the original inhabitants of the land.
How would you feel going to India for example and being told you are not allowed to celebrate your religious beliefs openly in public for fear of being physically harmed..... yet that is what happens every day in Australia and New Zealand.
I do not believe christian beliefs (which include easter and christmas) need to be taught in public schools if there is not a fair balance of inclusion of other religions. If parents care so much about easter and christmas and want it taught to their children send them to private religious schoolsor church pre-schools where it is a standard part of the curriculum.
It is all very well to say immigrants should partisipate in our culture, but there is a very big difference between partisipation and ramming in down their throat. Pay attention to the world around you.... is there anything not affected or decorated for Christmas?? Shops close on christmas day.... it's in every ad break on telly..... are people not partisipating enough??
yes I agree that immigrants should not segregate themselves from the community as a whole but understand why they do when their religious beliefs and customs are not tolorated yet they get bombarded with christian beliefs at every turn.
From reading the posts on here it seems to be the thing people seem to be most annoyed about is the lack of santa and pressents etc. That is not the meaning of christmas..... that is the commerial money making christmas
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