It's become a pre-Christmas tradition, someone telling small children there's no Father Christmas and outrage ensuing. And this year is no different....
A city school is under investigation after a teacher allegedly ruined Christmas by telling pupils 'Santa is not real'. The remark was said to have been made at Greenbrae Primary School in Aberdeen during a lesson on All Saints' Day.
'Under investigation'? Serioiusly? By whom?
It caused upset among nine and 10-year-old students who had asked a series of questions about saints, including St Nicholas - also known as Father Christmas.
Sorry, but at that age, they should be well aware that there's no Father Bloody Christmas!
A spokesman for Aberdeen City Council said: 'We are aware that a group of primary six pupils engaged in a conversation about All Saints' Day, which led to some children posing questions about other saints, including St Nicholas.
'Families can be assured that investigation learnings have been shared to support our staff to help navigate sensitive discussions.
Guess you forgot to add that one into the list, along with 'Why does daddy wear a dress?' and 'Why does Mummy have a special lady friend she drinks gin in the aftetnoon with' eh?
'The council values the magic and joy of the festive season (Ed: clearly not enough to call it what it is!) and appreciates the small number of parents and carers who brought their concerns to us.'
Bet that was typed reluctantly and with gritted teeth!
Wait!!! What are they trying to say....? Who delivers my presents then. This is clearly a hoax.
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DeleteI well remember the traumatic moment when I discovered Father Christmas wasn't real. I was about 6 years old, a playmate said "There's no Father Christmas, it's just your Dad" (paraphrased, after all it was 70 years ago). I thought about it for a second or two and decided "Yea!h That makes sense" and carried on playing cowboys and Indians or cops and robbers or some other game where the baddies get killed to death.
ReplyDeleteDidn't we all! If only we'd known we were being emotionally scarred and could claim for compensation...
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ReplyDeleteI don't remember what age I was when I learned that Father Christmas wasn't real but I think my reaction was to shrug and move on. The bag full of swag was the important part, it didn't really matter who delivered it. Besides Santa is based on a real person as far as I know, but telling the truth gets you into trouble which ever way you go.
Stonyground.
Ain't that the truth!
DeletePerhaps, at that age, the kids should understand that modern Santas and Father Christmases, are a representation of a man who gained sainthood through his benevolence to others, just as priests, vicars, and rabbis, are representatives of a benevolent figure from religious history (for obvious reasons, I'll leave Imams out of this). However, under no circumstances tell them the truth about the tooth fairy!
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DeleteMy 10 year old refuses to stop believing in Father Christmas, or at least that's what he says. Mainly it appears to be based in the premise that unlike his parents, St Nick has unlimited funds and can bring him the Playstation 5 he wants, no questions asked.
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DeleteWhat a fucking waste of time and resources. Mayhap the money would be better spent on researching the best method of sinking rubber boats in the channel. Flaxen Saxon.
ReplyDeleteI think we already know the best methods, we're just too squeamish to employ them...
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