Grandma's House

Hampton Academy Junior High School is in desperate need of educators with brains. A seventh-grade student, Bryan Lafond, wore a Santa Claus costume to a school "holiday" dance. Turns out, that was the wrong thing to do.

A seventh-grade student who thought a Santa Claus outfit might add cheer to a "holiday" event at school was sadly mistaken when he was ordered to remove the red suit and white beard due, according to the principal, to concern about the so-called "separation of church and state."

The academy's principal, Fred Muscara, told a Hampton newspaper, "It was a holiday party. It was not a Christmas party. There is a separation of church and state. We have a lot of students that go to Hampton Academy Junior High that have different religions. We have to be sensitive to that."

Nancy Serpis, chairman of the Hampton School Board, told the Manchester paper when asked about the costume, "It's nice if we can respect one another's religious beliefs."

Somebody please tell me where in the Bible I can find any mention of Santa Claus. I've been reading that Book for many, many years, and I haven't found it yet.