MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – An attempt at political correctness at Central Michigan University backfired when some officials attempted to ban Santa Claus from the campus.<\/p>\n
The issue began when the school’s affirmative action office posted a “Christmas Warning” on its online calendar seeking to ward off religious displays of holiday cheer. The advisory, titled “How to celebrate Christmas without offense,” said it “is inappropriate to decorate things with Santa Claus or reindeer or other ‘Christmas’ decorations.”<\/p>\n
“Good ideas for decorations during this time are snowflakes, snowpeople, poinsettias to give a feeling of winter,” the notice said. Other cultural or religious holidays in December such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa did not have similar warnings attached, The Saginaw News reported in a recent story.<\/p>\n
When it comes to the offense police such as these, the terms “Snow-flake” and “Snowpeople” are synonymous.<\/p>\n
The announcement raised the ire of the New York City-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which sent a statement to the university calling the advisory censorship.<\/p>\n