Parental permission demanded for Christmas tree dancing

In today's politically correct world, it should be noted that some schools in Norway actually still have Christmas trees.

But parents have to give written permission before their children are allowed to dance around them.

Word of the new level reached for political correctness comes from the Local, which wrote about the dispute that has developed in a suburb of Oslo.

It reports that there, parents "are asking just how far schools should go in accommodating minorities after a school is suburban Oslo asked parents for permission to let kids dance around the Christmas tree."

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The report cited the outrage of Karianne Haug, a mother who told Aftenposten's news agency she could hardly believe it when her child arrived home from Lesterud School, in Baerum, with exactly that permission slip.

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"It's fine to ask [for one's child] to be exempt from the religious service, that has worked fine for years, but to have to check off permission to dance around the Christmas tree? What will be next? Where is the limit for how many considerations we should take? Who makes these considerations, and for whom?" she said.

Gry Hovland, an official with the school, said the guidelines come from the national Directorate for Education and Training, which, citing the European Court of Human Rights, instructs schools to be cautious about religious activities.

"We interpret going around the Christmas tree, which includes singing Christian songs, as an event that tends toward religious content. We want to protect ourselves and not cross any boundaries. That's why we ask parents and guardians to give permission to go around the Christmas tree," she said in the report.

But even an expert on diversity – Loveleen Brenna, who works in a company dealing with diversity in workplaces – said the memo was a little over the top.

"One must be careful not to wipe out part of the cultural foundation in Norway under the guise of respect for diversity," she said in the report.

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