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SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.
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that is so f'n stupid!

f'n weird spineless overly sensitive morons!

(don't people understand that doing this is more offensive by giving power and univseral definition to the phrase!)

OceanCityGirl wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl ... offbeatWed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET




SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.
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a shame. another case of stupidity triumphing over tradition.

I guess we can expect Al Sharpton to organize a demonstration outside Macy's when Santa gets there.

LIPH wrote:I guess we can expect Al Sharpton to organize a demonstration outside Macy's when Santa gets there.

don't have little kids so I just think it's funny. I'll have to go past the Santa's in North philly where my brother works to see what they're saying while they ring their bells.

OceanCityGirl wrote:... warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children ...

I thought it was the smell of liquor that frightened the kids?

OceanCityGirl wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl ... offbeatWed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET




SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.

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LIPH wrote:

OceanCityGirl wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl ... offbeatWed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET




SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.

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SPEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flipflopgirl wrote:

LIPH wrote:

OceanCityGirl wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl ... offbeatWed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET




SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.

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SPEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If a little kid sits on Santa's lap and gets confused on what he means when he says, "ho, ho, ho," we have way bigger problems than changing a few words can solve.

Oh My God.

That's all I have to say.

PC has officially gone over the line....

CaptainP wrote:Oh My God.

That's all I have to say.

PC has officially gone over the line....

The disturbing thing is that the PC crap is spreading from the US, it's like a bad case of crabs or something.

I know that Jimmy isn't playing in Australia until after Christmas, but now he really needs to play "Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle Of Rum"

I was just listening to the radio and I think it was the Lowe's catalog, that had "Family" trees.

I read the Telegraph inside and out on the train on the way to work - and never seen it .... never heard of it ...

and ho's are an american term .....

not an aussie one .........

just a beat up I guess ......

and we still do the whole "merry christmas" rather than "happy holidays" here - so I just dont see it as being true .......

CaptainP wrote:I know that Jimmy isn't playing in Australia until after Christmas, but now he really needs to play "Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle Of Rum"

that would be AWESOME!

flipflopgirl wrote:

CaptainP wrote:I know that Jimmy isn't playing in Australia until after Christmas, but now he really needs to play "Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle Of Rum"

that would be AWESOME!

I'd rather have Rum, Rum, Rum and a Barrel of Ho's ........