PoppaGator, you seem to have overlooked the fact that this article has taken what the fundamentalist woman said at face value, rather than actually tracking down the facts of the story. I very much doubt that her perception of the facts actually match the actual facts (in that we all are entitled to our opinions, but not our own set of facts sort of way).

I work in public education. In my urban school district (admittedly, in a northern tier blue state) we don't forbid the use of the word 'Christmas' in our school celebrations, nor do we exempt Christmas traditions from being discussed. We just don't teach them as part of the curriculum. What we "allow" is students and staff to have holiday celebrations which honor Kwanzaa and Hannukah and the Winter Solstice alongside Christmas. Kids have Christmas toy drives. Staff have Secret Rudolph/Santa gift exchanges. Hell, our high school choir even sings Christian hymns, alongside the music of other cultures, for the Holiday Concert each year.

So these fundamentalist views about Christmas and their "protests" over the inclusion of Christian symbols and traditions of Christmas, are the problem, IMO, not the attempts by the state to be fair and equitable to the diverse cultures, belief systems, and worldviews that make up the social fabric in today's United States.

So how about you stop giving the fundies so much power and ammunition by agreeing with their worldview that Christmas as a Christian holiday is under attack by secularists? It is a state and federal holiday. Isn't that enough?