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Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Wed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET
Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.
Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.
One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute.
"Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising 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," she told the Telegraph.
"Leave Santa alone."
A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat
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some people just have too much fee time. :christmastree; :rudolph;
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I say up yours!! >:D HO! HO! HO! how do you like me now?
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So we have to ask all our Aussie friends here....whaaaaaaaaaaat??????
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Are you kidding? Santa has been saying "ho ho ho" long before it was slang for anything. We analyze things way too much.
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They say if the shoe fits, wear it
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Oh my God.. this is such bullsh.. i am so sick of these people that try to be so politically correct. Wishing everyone an upcoming MERRY CHRISTMAS and HO HO HO Happy Holidays. And please remember that a decorated tree is a CHRISTMAS TREE...Boxman
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:banghead; Freaken ridiculous i say!!! >:(
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... Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, ...
Mike said any woman that complains ought to be hanged because she's too stupid to be walking around alive. ;D
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Next thing ya know Santa is being told he is unhealthy and needs to slim down. Holy crap.... memo to all you PC morons out there.... give it a rest will you?
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Next thing ya know Santa is being told he is unhealthy and needs to slim down. Holy crap.... memo to all you PC morons out there.... give it a rest will you?
OMG! I saw this last week! -- http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=4920406&ch=4226715&src=news They already are! :o
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:banghead; Unbelievable, (but i do like the idea of Santa giving away coloring books instead of candies) :2thumbsup; But geeze fellas, can you leave the jolly fat guy alone now :bow; :santahat;
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:urcrazy; Why ruin the whole Santa image after so long? It's what we have all come to know and love.... geesh!
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Political correctness gone too far! I am no Santa fan, but as Paris said, Ho Ho Ho was Santa's long before it became slang. Santa should have sued them for using it!
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I say up yours!! >:D HO! HO! HO! how do you like me now?
Who are you calling a ho? :rofl; :rofl; :rofl; :ausflag;
I say leave the fat guy alone. :santahat;
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A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
Sounds like a typical corporate response. Always pointing the finger at someone else.
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I think we all notice how political correctness is pushing for "Happy Holidays" over "Merry Christmas" so as not to offend anyone who many not be Christian.
I really would like to go back in time and find out when all this political correctness started because I'd like to put a stop to it.
I make it a point to always say, "Merry Christmas" on the air and I haven't had one complaint over the last eight years here. It's a general term that shouldn't be taken so literally this time of year.
I guess the people in Northern California have a little more sense.
But we'll see. That could change.
By the way...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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Silly lil aussies! The only people that would get offended are people who are HO'S themselves! .... maybe we have a lot more of then in oz then i thought. ;) ;D
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I think it was last year, my nephew and I instead of saying HO HO HO Merry Christmas was saying Britney Lindsay and Paris Merry Christmas :rofl;
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I think it was last year, my nephew and I instead of saying HO HO HO Merry Christmas was saying Britney Lindsay and Paris Merry Christmas :rofl;
Should we say Britney Lindsey Paris Happy Holidays to be politically correct instead of Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas in Aussieland?
Geez, hate to have to replace the reinder names with those, that would be an insult in more ways than one!
I'll have to find my archive of funny Christmas Cards on disc to post later, just to early for Christmas.
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You know -- this world is so confusing...
Many times when I hear Santa I think he is a pimp calling for johns, I mean it's an easy mistake to make!!
I also get really confused when I take a sip of Coke -- I think I am getting a hit of Crack...
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You know -- this world is so confusing...
Many times when I hear Santa I think he is a pimp calling for johns, I mean it's an easy mistake to make!!
I also get really confused when I take a sip of Coke -- I think I am getting a hit of Crack...
You poor thing ! :rofl; :rofl; :rofl
EDITED: Fixed quote tag error - Sluff/ Admin
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What ever next, maybe we should consider changing the dwarf song in Snow White to 'Iha Iha, it's off to work we ga.
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I applaud Walmart for what they have done. I think it was last year that they said they refused to acknowledge the Happy Holidays crap and were having their greeters say Merry Christmas. Go Walmart! :boxing;
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Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
I only read about this in the paper yesterday and I laughed for a good 10 minutes solid. Has the world gone mad?
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Just ridiculous! I agree, leave Santa alone! :santahat; It's getting way too PC these days. I also send out Merry Christmas cards and say it. Enough with Happy Holidays. Towns now want to call the Christmas Tree a Holiday Tree. Please! Leave Christmas as it is, a beautiful time of year that many of us look forward to, especially children!