Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women

[QMPMom]

Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Wed Nov 14, 11:04 PM ET

Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.

Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.

One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/lifestyleaustraliachristmasoffbeat;_ylt=AppaxQO8QR.Q5Nv1yFQXvAQE1vAI

[Bucky]

1. I think the bigger problem was all those drunk elves saying "fuck fuck fuck"

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Why don't we get rid of Christmas at all

if whatever you say or do is wrong. First it is "Merry Christmas", now "ho ho ho". Heck as long as he doesn't start to sing "She's a ho" what is the problem????

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Jeebus....Santa was saying 'ho ho ho' long before it became slang...

He's not saying 'whore whore whore'...it's a laugh, for chrissakes! :eyes:

[Burma Jones]

4. Isn't Merry a synonym for Gay?

and Nog? That's gotta be a racial slur somewhere in the world.

Sometimes you can take a good thing like having some sensitivity way way too far......

[AllegroRondo]

6. "don we now our gay apparel"?

and all that?

[quip]

5. I suppose now Santa can't say something as innocuous as

"hello, little girl, sit on Santa's lap and we'll talk about the first thing that pops up!"

[Al Federfer]

7. Dig this Christmas tune - "Santa Lost a Ho", by the great Christmas Jug Band...

http://tinyurl.com/yvdqku

[DarkTirade]

8. ... and this is exactly the kind of thing people are referring to when they complain about 'PC'ism

going too far. And even if this news article turns out to be fake, it will still be pointed to as such.

The world really needs to stop being stupid. Really. Just stop. This is ridiculous. This is insane. THIS IS SPARTA!!!

Sorry. Got caught up in the moment.

[snooper2]

9. that's just fucking stupid...

eom

[redqueen]

10. The War on Christmas is in full effect in Australia, I see...