As we enter the colder months of the year, a quick look at a calendar will show a slew of upcoming religious holidays. During this time, the school remains secular, while students are free to celebrate as they see fit—however, not all students feel that they have enough freedom when political correctness is brought into the equation.
“Political correctness is really just common decency,” junior Armaghan Mosavion said. “It’s ignorant to claim that it’s ruining any particular holiday, because what people call political correctness is really just respect for other religions in this case.”
Said politically correct individuals may be concerned about the extra attention Christmas generates, but that extra attention doesn’t necessarily seem to only come from general excitement.
“The reason there’s more emphasis on Christmas is because it’s actually a lot less religious than it is commercial. They’re not selling mangers, they’re selling Santa,” sophomore Emma Barberis said.
Commercialization and political correctness are only a couple of many issues that arise during the holidays, but deceivingly seem to be more prevalent than they really are due to the inordinate amount of discussion and angst about their effects.
“You should be allowed to express excitement for your religion and the corresponding holiday, and we’re all able to do that without creating conflict amongst ourselves,” junior Alana Hassett said.