Christmas Break vs Winter Break -- What's the problem?

John Sonderegger seems to have captured most people's opinion about the issue of whether Francis Howell should call their break at the end of the year "Winter Break" or "Christmas Break". It all appears to be much ado about nothing.

Sonderegger captures the essence when he says that only the extreme ends really care about the issue. The following are the 3 most important paragraphs in his ditty:

I think this media hysteria in St. Louis plays right into the "Liberals are stealing Christmas" line of thought that Christian conservatives and Bill O'Reilly and other Fox News commentators were spreading about last winter.

OK, friends, here's a news flash: Christmas became a generic holiday a long time ago. I mean, the three most popular Christmas movies have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.

So the Francis Howell School District will put "Christmas break" on its school calendar for next year instead of "winter break." And the usual voices on the left are crying out against this dastardly deed by the School Board while those on the right will be calling it a courageous act.

Media hysteria certainly played a part in this non-story becoming a story but Sonderegger missed the contribution of the anti-Lafata faction in raising a rucus too. One of my state friends told me there were some people travelling to Jefferson City talking against the change.

Once again Sonderegger captured the essence of the issue in his closing line: Give me a break. I think that represents the majority of us!