Santa can't say "ho ho ho" anymore.

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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_asia_afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat

I knew this day would come!

 

Ay yi yi...

 

**** me, can't people leave ANYTHING alone?!

 

lol @ Australia

 

Santa shouldn't have said that...I don't know why he said that...

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I read that this morning. It's insanity, that's what it is.

 

*jumps off a cliff*

 

Happy Festivus!

 

http://boards.theforce.net/your_jedi_council_community/b10008/25715417

 

Indeed.
There is a reason we sent them packing...





-JR

 

We're on a slippery slope, my friends. Next year, PETA will complain that we should abandon the idea of Santa's reindeer, because flying reindeer pulling a sleigh hauling a fat guy and a sack full of toys is cruelty to animals.

 

Dangit Crash - don't give them ideas!

 

Last time I checked Sydney isn't in America. Unless the Australian continent moved to North America without me knowing about it.

 

It's not like this behavior is restricted to Australia...

Anybody's business having a holiday party instead of a Christmas party?

 

PETA hasn't worked its way to Australian shores yet?

 

PETA has already tried to ruin Thanksgiving.

 

clearly the world should be run by the ModSquad. If even we allow Santa's "ho ho ho", everyone else should, too.

 

Un-******-believable

 

I just received a fund raising letter from PETA that included an "I Love PETA" sticker. I am still trying to decide whose car will be the recipient of this little prize.

 

Just for once, I'd like to see a U.S. President refuse to pardon the "Presidential Turkey"
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You're dinner, ************!

 

There are no words for how stupid this is.

 

"so so so" ??


-JR

 

I am concerned that this article suggests that there is more than one Santa.

 

A committee should be formed to research this phenomenon immediately.

 

So the name of the gardening tool should be changed as well.