Comments on: Bah, humbug! No Christmas play here

By: B, Fraser

B, Fraser — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:22:32 +0000

Charles Dickens was a reformer. Always championing the under-classes. A Christmas Carol is the story of a one percent (er) growing a conscience and joyfully living out the rest of his days (apologies for giving up the ending). Scrooge goes from being a heartless scourge (Scrooge/scourge Hmmm!) to beloved member of society on Christmas. Oh and by the way Scrooge got rich by making what we would today call “payday loans”. He was a banker! Scrooge’s transformation takes place on Christmas morning. This old man was “reborn” into a kinder, gentler, loving and beloved member of society on Christmas Day. Maybe that is the true message of Christmas for us mere mortals. It is risky business passing these lessons on to our children. A Christmas Carol is considered to be the most read story of all time. There must be a reason. A reason that will never be known in Davis.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:00:42 +0000

“This supercilious moron doesn’t even know that precedence and precident are two different words.” To begin with, “precident” is not a word. Furthermore, this superintendent is a good man and a fair man, one who had the courage and wisdom to retract a bad decision. In the future, if you are going to correct someone, then I suggest you make sure that your corrections are error free.

By: Hugh Brennan

Hugh Brennan — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:20:26 +0000

This supercilious moron doesn’t even know that precedence and precident are two different words. Probably has a Phd. in education. “Winter Break” what insipid nonsense.

By: Michelle Millet

Michelle Millet — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:03:47 +0000

To clarify, I felt the same way (only more so) when people protested a Mosque being built near ground zero. Again, are there not more important things to be offended by?

By: Gary Darling

Gary Darling — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:11:55 +0000

On Halloween there will be a “Dia de Los Muertos” celebration that is being held by downtown Davis with participation by Chavez elementary. Dia de Los Muertos is a deeply religious holiday – the latin american version of all saints day. The “Dia de Los Muertos” is the day after Halloween, November 1. This is like moving Good Friday to Thursday, or Ash Wednesday to Tuesday and arguing that because the date has changed the holiday is no longer religious. They are going to build an altar, have a procession, some other stuff then the Chavez students will sing. This is much more religious then the Christmas carol play, and the whole religious ceremony is literally being superimposed in the physical middle of the largest non-religious holiday celebration Davis holds.

I see the drivers – downtown business see dollars and the school district sees both an educational opportunity and a chance at political correctness. Still, I think the district has some responsibility to be fair and even handed about where it draws it Church/State lines. I had a child in Chavez for seven years, Hanukkah songs were performed in the winter celebration four of the seven years, Kawnazza, three of the seven. No references to Christmas were ever allowed. If DJUSD is going to enforce policy on religious ceremonies it should be applied evenly.