Cenk Uygur
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Santa Claus Field Trip Causes Controversy
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December 24, 2015
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5:10Now PlayingAn elementary school in California has cancelled its planned field trip to visit Santa Claus. A Jewish parent complained that the trip was not inclusive to all students. The school agreed and cancelled the trip but Christian parents were outraged and staged a protest. Ana Kasparian (The Point) and Karamo Brown hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“Parents of kindergarten students pulled their kids out of class recently to protest the cancellation of an annual Christmas tradition: a school trip to see Santa.
For the past 10 years, students at Sartorette Elementary School in San Jose, Calif., have taken a field trip to a local coffee shop to deliver letters to Santa, sit on his lap, and drink hot chocolate.
The trip was canceled after one class mother, Talia (who has withheld her last name from the media), complained that the tradition was exclusive of other religions, which don’t believe in Santa or celebrate Christmas. Talia, who is Jewish, says the issue is bigger than one religion. “This is not a Jewish issue for me,” she told NBC Bay Area. “It’s an inclusion issue. We can’t spend five days on just one culture. That’s fostering intolerance. When Christmas is given the same time, or [more] time, than American holidays, like Veterans Day, then kids don’t feel as American.”
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