THERE IS NO ROOM FOR CHRISTMAS AT TODAY'S SCHOOL IN ENGLAND
Parents are demanding the return of Christmas at a school near London where the nativity feast has been cancelled in favour of a "seasonal celebration" of four faiths. They say Christianity is at the bottom of a pile of religions in the multi-faith approach followed by the school, which does not even list Easter in its calendar. Instead there was a whole-school assembly, entitled "Festivals of Light - a Seasonal Celebration", which covered four religions. The head teacher says the decision reflects the "multi-faith" nature of the school in Harrow, an affluent suburb in north London. Christian parents, however, say fewer than one in four of the pupils is from the ethnic minorities and separate assemblies were held for three other faiths, all with visiting speakers. "Our son has come home and told us all about Diwali and Eid, which is fine, but Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ and there seems to be nothing about that, " said the father of a pupil. "He`s confused about the different stories he hears and if we`re not careful the school will give him the impression that Christmas is important to Christians only because we get a lot of cards and presents." More and more schools in England are dropping nativity plays and Christian worship for fear of offending pupils and their parents from different faiths.