It is soon Christmas time, and here you see some children waiting to visit the Cathedral.
Today was a perfect day to take a trip in to town. Cold but sunny.
It is up to the parents to say yes or no for their children to attend a church service before Christmas.
Some schools in Stavanger as well as other places in Norway have decided not to use the word Christmas, and instead name it a December event, where they sing the songs but words as Christmas/ Father Christmas have been changed to something "neutral".
Probably difficult to be a teacher and talk about Christmas without using the word....
I guess the discussion will continue also after Christmas this year....
Take a look at this :
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I'm not particularly religious, so I'm not coming at it from that angle, but that really is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteit has been that way here in the US for quite a while but seems to be taking a turn back to Merry Christmas...it's all a bit silly!
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