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SACRAMENTO, December 13, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Crackdowns on Christmas have made news across the U.S. this week. In one case, a first grade teacher in Sacramento County, Calif., says teachers at one school have been ordered by the principal not to utter, or use teaching materials that contain, the word “Christmas,” according to a report from WorldNetDaily.  Deidra Powell, spokesman for the San Juan Unified District, said: “You can say ‘Christmas,’ you can say ‘Hanukkah,’ … It is nowhere written in any policy; I don’t think our board of education or superintendent would prohibit that.” Powell says the policy is designed to make students “feel safe in their environment,” and that “not everybody is a Christian. We’re using public funds, [so] we can’t endorse [Christmas].”  To read full WorldNetDaily coverage see:  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29977