Ho-Ho-Holy Crap

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Just when you thought that liberals in the United States have pushed the political correctness envelope, the Australian PC police have fired a department store Santa Claus for shouting “ho ho ho” – a term that may be considered offensive to women. According to this London Daily Mail article:

Santa has been given the sack – and not the kind he traditionally carries toys in.

He’s been booted out of the job because he wandered around the store where he worked calling “Ho Ho Ho” and singing Jingle Bells. And under the new rules of Christmas at the store, “ho ho ho” is a no no no. John Oakes, aged 70, should have been calling “ha ha ha” because the centuries-old version has been judged too frightening for little children – while their mothers might be offended because “ho” is American slang for a whore.

Last month the store sparked national outrage when it ordered its Santas to say “ha ha ha” instead of “ho ho ho” because it could be offensive to women.

Among Santa’s other offenses are the following:

• Angering anti-tobacco lobbies in exposing youth to second-hand pipe smoke
• Morbid obesity is a bad example to impressionable children
• Outrages PETA by wearing fur and leather goods
• Repeated breaking and entering charges
• Asks small children to climb in his lap
• The ‘naughty or nice’ list is unauthorized surveillance