No.
204 December 2008
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Waiting, Watching, Wanting
FROM THE MINISTER
DURING THE BUILDup to Christmas last year,
it was reported that the
head teacher of a school
somewhere in England had
banned her pupils from...
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No.
204 December 2008
http://www.
dunblanecathedral.
org.
ukADDRESS
Waiting, Watching, Wanting
FROM THE MINISTER
DURING THE BUILDup to Christmas last year,
it was reported that the
head teacher of a school
somewhere in England had
banned her pupils from
mentioning Christmas in
school.
The teacher had
decided that there should be
no references to Christmas
until 7 December, in an
attempt to stop the children
from becoming over-excited.
Her decision received a
mixed reaction from parents,
apparently.
Some believed
this was an attempt to squash
children’s natural sense of
expectation and enjoyment.
But others said she was
right to resist the prevailing
tendency for Christmas
preparations to begin earlier
and earlier every year - if not
in schools, then certainly in
the shops.
But the good news for that
teacher and for high-street
retailers everywhere is that
we are now in the season of
Advent: that period of the
Christian year where even in
the Church we are actually
allowed to star
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