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Santa Can't Say Ho Ho Ho?

ScottMP
ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
in THE MAIN WALL
get this confused ?

How did we allow this much ..... ??? What ??? Some actuallythgout htis up and enough people in positions of deciion " Oh ya, that nmakes sense ".

Somebodys smokin sumpthin. Oh oh ... Lets get the pipe out of there too. Or did that allready happen ?

WAKE UP PEOPLE !

Scott

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  • Supply House Rick
    Supply House Rick Member Posts: 1,399
    Santas Asked Not to 'Ho Ho Ho'


    Australian Santas Asked Not to 'Ho Ho Ho'
    Thursday , November 15, 2007

    By Janet Fyfe-Yeomans and Amanda Grant

    He is an unlikely revolutionary, but this Christmas, Santa is a rebel with a claus.

    He is having the last laugh on political correctness — and it's a great big fat belly laugh.

    Santas across Sydney, Australia, are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favor of "ha, ha, ha."

    Recruitment firm Westaff — which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country — has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.

    Two Santa hopefuls reportedly quit the course because of the hullabaloo of the ho, ho, ho.

    One would-be Santa has told The Daily Telegraph he was taught not to use "ho, ho, ho" because it was too close to the American slang for prostitute. He also quit.

    "Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs a campaign against sexualizing children called Kids Free 2B Kids. "We are talking about little kids who do not understand that 'ho, ho, ho' has any other connotation, and nor should they."

    "Leave Santa alone," she added.

    Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive officer Dr. Joe Tucci said it was the latest example of political correctness gone mad.

    "There is no stronger tradition for children than Santa's ho, ho, ho," Tucci said.

    On Wednesday, Australian department-store chains David Jones and Myer as well as the Westfield shopping center chain moved to reassure children, and their parents, that Santa and his customary greeting was part of Christmas's present as well as Christmas's past.

    A David Jones spokeswoman said they had discussed the situation with Westaff and that their Santas would not be silenced.

    "Senior management have assured us that Santas provided to David Jones have not been censored in any way," the spokeswoman said.

    At Myer, where Westaff also train the fat men in red suits, Santa could not stop laughing about the suggestion.

    "Myer has not directed our Santas to refrain from using 'ho, ho, ho' and believe the expression is an important Christmas tradition," a spokesman for Myer said.

    Westfield's Santas are recruited and trained by RegProm Marketing and they will be "ho, ho, ho-ing," a Westfield spokeswoman said.

    "Westfield Santas are known for their friendly and welcoming nature and know how to deliver a real festive 'ho, ho, ho.'"

    Sydney mother Maybel Lopez said she wanted her daughter Andria, 5, to grow up hearing Santa's "ho, ho, ho" just as she had, and she did not realize the phrase had other connotations.

    "It's what Santa has been saying his whole life — my whole life. It is just a normal thing, really, for him to say 'ho, ho, ho,'" said Lopez.

    Westaff's national Santa co-ordinator Sari Hegarty wrote to stores explaining the company's position.

    "Westaff has been a provider of quality caring Santas for over 40 years," Hegarty wrote in an e-mail.

    "Part of our advice to our Santas is that they should be mindful of children having their first Santa experience," she added. "We ask our Santas to try techniques such as lowering their tone of voice and using 'ha, ha, ha' to encourage the children to come forward and meet Santa. We wish you and your family a very merry Christmas."

    Westaff national operations manager Greg Jansz said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of Santa himself.

    Have we become this thin skinned? I think they have gone too far!

    Ho Ho Ho,

    Rick




  • lchmb
    lchmb Member Posts: 2,997
    how did we

    How did any of us ever survive?? Maybe we should stick all the kid's in this world in padded room's until they are 40.
    It's true what they say though, you can't fix stupid!!
  • Supply House Rick
    Supply House Rick Member Posts: 1,399
    Too thin skinned and babied

    Our society has become a little too freakin' sensitive...
  • Mitch_4
    Mitch_4 Member Posts: 955
    being politically correct is IMPOSSIBLE

    because cr*p like this offends me, under being PC they need to use ho ho ho for me, and hahaha for the idiots who think Santa is doing a business search for a woman of ill repute..

    get freakin real!!!!

  • Plumdog_2
    Plumdog_2 Member Posts: 873
    Austria

    Throw another shrimp on the Barbie, Mate. (Jim Carey)
  • Mitch_4
    Mitch_4 Member Posts: 955
    Austria is not Australia

    Austria is germanic countrie..shrimp on the barbie is NOT native to that area lol
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,600
    Don we now

    our HAPPY apparel.
    Retired and loving it.
  • John R. Hall
    John R. Hall Member Posts: 2,245
    One Nation under God

    Always has been -- always will be.
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