MOsanthrope

Posted by Chris on May 3, 2006 at 9:07 am.

The problem with many persecution complex-afflicted wackos is that they have far too much free time:

As her son made his way through Francis Howell School District in St. Charles County, recognition of the holiday waned. About 12 years ago, the district changed “Christmas Break” to “Winter Break” - a move she said “saddened me greatly.”

With her second child soon to enter school, she decided to press the School Board for a change.

Last year, she listened to commentators, particularly Bill O’Reilly of the Fox network, who criticized stores and public institutions for not recognizing Christmas.

“Christmas is being virtually wiped out,” she said. “This is a tradition. . . . It is a part of the American culture.”

Francis Howell’s Winter Break would become the Christmas Holidays Break if the board approves the change Thursday.

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Black said he believes, from his discussions with the six other board members, that the proposal has the four votes needed to pass. Other members said the vote could be close, depending on the exact wording of the change.

Board member Anne Womack said calling the vacation “Christmas Break” is “just too one-sided,” but a proposal like “Christmas Holidays Break” could draw wider support.

Said Womack, “If we could come up with an appropriate compromise language, I think we could have seven people voting for it.”

Your kids can’t find their state on a map and you’re all fretting about whether a school recess should be called “Christmas Break,” “Winter Break” or “Christmas Holidays Break.” Are you kidding me?

When you welcome your kid home for “Winter Holidays, Specifically Including, But Not Necessarily Limited To, Christmas Break,” or whatever you’d like to call it, you may wish her happy holidays, a merry Christmas, or a fabulous Festivus. I don’t care. You might also consider just telling the little princess to turn off the cell phone, log off Myspace.com and go to her room to learn geography. Your call.

I fondly recall time spent with my family during my Christmas Vacations. Hold on. Come to think of it, we always called it Christmas Vacation. When did we declare a War On Vacations? Some of our most cherished nouns are under attack! This will not stand!

Of course, I could just send my kid to a Vacational school, but I want to make sure that everybody else’s kid shares in the joy of the Vacation season. Who do I call about starting a petition drive? The school board? Merriam-Webster?

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