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Christmas
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Alex Lo

Talk of Christmas being banned on the mainland is humbug

When it comes to stopping the seasonal fun, you need look no further than the West where universities, schools and organisations were the biggest Scrooges

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A tour guide wears a Santa hat while waiting for customers at the entrance of a restaurant in Beijing on December 25, 2017. Photo: AFP
Alex Lo has been an SCMP columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China.

Exclusive! Stop the presses! The West has been trying to kill Christmas. You may have read that the mainland has banned Christmas. Well, this is better.

All across North America, university campuses either banned or discouraged students from making Christmas decorations and/or celebrating the holiday as Christmas.

According to “Best Practices for Inclusive Holiday Celebrations in the Workplace” at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, employees should “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise”.

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Ohio State University suggested in guidelines that “decorations and food should be general and not privilege any religion”, during the festive season.

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Cornell University declared no one should hang mistletoe, because such things are associated with Christmas. The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota deemed “inappropriate” the display of “Christmas trees, Menorahs, and the colours red and green and silver and blue”.

The list goes on and on, so I have only given you a small sample. It’s not just universities.

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