Yesterday I told you about a Texas government school where Santa had been banned from the classroom.  The school said it was because he is a distraction.  I had another brilliant reason in mind.  If they gave out Pulitzers for rants, I would have walked away with one on this subject yesterday. 

But for the latest Christmas controversy we take you to Claudia Landeen Elementary (government) School in Stockton, California.  The school has banned the display of Santa Claus and … wait for it … poinsettias! … over fears that some people might be offffended.  A document sent to teachers at the elementary school read, “District office would like to remind everyone when displaying holiday decorations in and around school to be mindful no association to any religious affiliation i.e. Santa, poinsettias, Christmas trees, etc.”  In case you are curious, what does the poinsettia have to do with Christmas? 

So snowmen and snowflakes are appropriate classroom décor.  Perhaps those will soon be added to banned list because both are white and are not inclusive to other races.  Who knows what these government hacks will come up with next! 

As for anything remotely associated with Christmas, Tom Uslan, the superintendent of the Lincoln Unified School District says “there is a myriad of religious affiliations (in the community) … we don’t want a pervasive theme of a class to be representing one religious affiliation.”

And then you will love this.  Another government school employee story!  Sit down and read this:

Appearing on Fox News, author and special education professor George Giuliani asserted that St. Nick’s behavior in the classic stop motion cartoon, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is tantamount to bullying, and sends a wrong message to children watching the family favorite. As such, he’s written a new book, “No More Bullies at the North Pole,” which re-tells the story of the triumphant reindeer.

Now I saw this interview, and this guy looked like a pure bat-squeeze crazy academic crackpot.  I’m looking at this dork and thinking to myself that he should be thanking God for his job at some university because he would be completely unemployable in the private sector.  Fox News had some other character on the air to counter this loon’s views … and when the camera came back to Professor Puss he looked like a reindeer in headlights. 

Aren’t you getting just a bit weary of all this?  We can’t have our precious children walk into a classroom where the teacher has a poinsettia sitting on her desk … or God help the poor unsuspecting child who stumbles across a television where those evil and nasty reindeer and deciding that Rudolph can’t be allowed to play in any more reindeer games.  Oh, the humanity!  Quick!  Call a school counselor! 

This is why I call it the wussification of America.