Santa Clause warned "ho,ho,ho" offensive to women."
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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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
I don't what's more surprising.........the story itself, or the fact that it didn't happen here in the states. At the risk of convicting myself for even posting this article, it never ceases to amaze me the topics considered newsworthy by the media & gen. public.
A casualty of this tangent was missing Chief Illiniwek run wild at the horseshoe after the big upset last weekend. would have been nice. Have a day.
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.
ADVERTISEMENT
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
I don't what's more surprising.........the story itself, or the fact that it didn't happen here in the states. At the risk of convicting myself for even posting this article, it never ceases to amaze me the topics considered newsworthy by the media & gen. public.
A casualty of this tangent was missing Chief Illiniwek run wild at the horseshoe after the big upset last weekend. would have been nice. Have a day.
