McGrath, I think that's putting a lot of imagined teacher agenda to work. In fact the article states 'the usual reason' given, and then goes on to decide the schools (read teachers) are lying, ridiculous in face of the fact that teachers generally constitute a fairly representative sample of a given population - at least, they do here in NS.

There's no good reason for schools to put on religious celebrations: Sunday schools can do that. And in fact, Obie somewhat misrepresents Nova Scotia schools, in that many still celebrate the secular side of Christmas, with decorations and trees and crafts, sensible given most of their students will celebrate Christmas. A nativity play would be over the top, and in fact, I can't remember a school in this province ever doing such a thing - and that's going back to the 1950s.