In my kids' classrooms, it's All Christmas, All the Time [View All]

[Sabriel]

Here's what they've been up to the last two weeks:

--Christmas Advent paper chain to take home
--"Secret Friend" presents (which everyone except the teacher refers to as "Secret Santa")
--"Polar Express" party tomorrow
--Christmas vocabulary word search
--Various and sundry Christmas-themed worksheets
--Reading "A Christmas Carol"

And this is in two different classrooms with at least (that I know of) six total students who observe a holiday other than Christmas.

I'd love to hear from teachers how they deal with parents who point out that it's not appropriate to focus so heavily on one religious observance.

And to you teachers out there who don't engage in it, THANK YOU.