The real war on Christmas
No "ho's" for Santa! In political correctness run amuck, Santas in Australia were told to stop using "Ho, Ho, Ho!" because it was derrogatory toward women. Now, ladies, when was the last time you were walking through the mall, heard Santa bellow "Ho, Ho, Ho!" and thought he was talking about you?
Good news: Santa rebellion is under way:
"Recruitment firm Westaff - which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country - has told its trainees that the 'ho ho ho' phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.Two Santa hopefuls reportedly quit the course because of the hullabaloo of the ho, ho, ho.
One would-be Santa has told The Daily Telegraph he was taught not to use 'ho, ho, ho' because it was too close to the American slang for prostitute. He also quit.
Yesterday department stores David Jones and Myers and the Westfield shopping centre chain moved to reassure children, and their parents, that Santa and his customary greeting was part of Christmas's present as well as Christmas's past.
A David Jones spokeswoman said they had discussed the situation with Westaff and their Santas would not be silenced.
'Senior management have assured us that Santas provided to David Jones have not been censored in any way,' the spokeswoma said."
Hilarious that the Aussies are even more PC than we are. It is a very macho country, with even less history of manners than California. Women go topless on the beach (like in Europe), but men are more openly sexist. Maybe they do actually use that term there as an insulting double entendre?