Grinchy remark sends kids home in tears

[Shay]

Graham, I don't think anybody's saying anything against Christianity, or Christian people, this is more against someone pushing their relgious beliefs with no consideration for time and place.

If this were a story about a Wiccan teacher who told her class that Christmas's celebrated date was stolen from a midwinter Mithras celebration and they'd been lied to, or a Jewish teacher who took the time to explain the 'slaughter of the innocents' to show that the Christmas story is not all sweetness and light, we'd still be up in arms.

[Nick]

My mother absolutely HATES Santa Claus. She goes to all the trouble, and the old codger gets all the credit. I didn't find that out until after I realized that it wasn't a large man in a red suit that brought all the presents. But Mom never told me Santa wasn't real. She let me figure it out for myself. Since she's an early childhood development specialist, I've come to trust what she says about raising kids. Even my aunt, who's a professor of philosophy and ethics, calls her up to get advice on raising her daughter.

On a slightly off topic, apparently St. Nick is also the patron saint of theives, but I don't know if it's the same St. Nick. There's way to many saints to keep track of.

[Iolaus]

...On a slightly off topic, apparently St. Nick is also the patron saint of theives, but I don't know if it's the same St. Nick. There's way to many saints to keep track of.

That would make sense, after all, he does sneak in and out of houses in the middle of the night! ;)