Dear Mountain Room Parents
You'll all enjoy this, I'm sure:
Hi, everyone!
The Mountain Room is gearing up for its Day of the Dead celebration on Friday. Please send in photos of loved ones for our altar. All parents are welcome to come by on Wednesday afternoon to help us make candles and decorate skulls.
Thanks!
Emily
Hi again.
Because I’ve gotten some questions about my last e-mail, there is nothing “wrong” with Halloween. The Day of the Dead is the Mexican version, a time of remembrance. Many of you chose Little Learners because of our emphasis on global awareness. Our celebration on Friday is an example of that. The skulls we’re decorating are sugar skulls. I should have made that more clear.
Emily
Parents:
Some of you have expressed concern about your children celebrating a holiday with the word “dead” in it. I asked Eleanor’s mom, who’s a pediatrician, and here’s what she said: “Preschoolers tend to see death as temporary and reversible. Therefore, I see nothing traumatic about the Day of the Dead.” I hope this helps.
Emily
Dear Parents:
In response to the e-mail we all received from Maddie’s parents, in which they shared their decision to raise their daughter dogma-free, yes, there will be an altar, but please be assured that the Day of the Dead is a pagan celebration of life and has nothing to do with God. Keep those photos coming!
Emily
Hello.
Perhaps “pagan” was a poor word choice. I feel like we’re veering a bit off track, so here’s what I’ll do. I’ll start setting up our altar now, so that today at pickup you can see for yourselves how colorful and harmless the Day of the Dead truly is.
Emily
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Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Even though I just wrote something that could be considered anti-Halloween in a post just below this, I loved this piece.
Nov '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
¿qué?
Jul '11
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
This is fantastic! Does Emily need a hug?
Sep '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
I learned that Fanta is effective in putting out fires.
That is news you can use.
May '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
I totally thought it was real until about halfway through the whole article. What does that say about real life?
Jan '11
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
I wish I'd written that.
Aug '11
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Same here. I was about to respond with some pithy observation about how clumsy educators are about holidays and religion. I mean, they are, but . . .
Jul '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
If this had been real life, each note would have buried the lede in endless minutiae and cut and paste counselor "quotables".
Nov '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Well, I thought that the piece was actually notes to real parents and my instant response was "and these people are paying for this?".
Nov '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Liberals raising their children "dogma free." Okay, let me know just how that works out for you . . .
Jun '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Even the venerable New Yorker making fun of the multicultural pieties. Hope arises.
Dec '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Ahh... /wiping tears from eyes. If the Left starts to laugh at itself, there truly is hope!
May '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
There's nothing more entertaining than seeing the Left get a dose of themselves.
Jul '11
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
¡Feliz Xantolo a todos!
-E
Dec '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Emily, this is all well and good but will the sacrificial chicken be free range?
Feb '11
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
This is so funny I am crying. It does not seem like parody to me, but rather like my life in a progressive town.
Aug '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
If it looks like a Rob Long, and it sounds like a Rob Long, then it must be a Rob Long !
Rob, those mortimers at the New Yorker are appropriating the style we have long enjoyed in The Long View , they are making a serious mistake . You should get yourself a good abogado and crack some calaveras.
May '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
"It's funny because it's true."
Nov '10
Re: Dear Mountain Room Parents
Yes. My daughter's school refuses to celebrate Halloween. Why? Because a Halloween celebration done somehow in the wrong spirit might be offensive to the Wiccan families. I kid you not.