Should Santa be Allowed to Come to School?

   Recently, I have read these two articles that have been about the issue of if Santa Claus should be allowed in the classroom or not. In the article Santa Claus can go to school but not to class I have read that the Forth Worth school district is not allowing Santa Claus or any other holiday characters into the classroom during teaching. Furthermore, gift or card exchanges cannot be done during class too. It can only be done before or after school and during lunch. I really do not see this as a problem for it allows the students to focus more on school work, and it is not like exchanging gifts is banned. The only thing that I have a problem is regarding the holiday characters not being able to go to the classes.
  If my school district adopts this policy, then changes would be made in the classroom. Instead of being able to make some lessons involving Santa Claus or other characters, new lessons and new ways of celebrating the holidays would have to be made up. The schedule would probably be changed too if it is impossible to finish the gift exchange during lunch. Christmas parties would have to be held before or after school, but some students have a bus to catch after school and going before school would be too early. If ever something like this happened in my district I would probably try to let the kids finish all their work early on in the week, and once everyone is done hold a party on the last day of school when their is no teaching going on. Technically, the characters cannot visit the classroom while the teachers are teaching, but if they are not then it should be okay for them. Holidays are important I believe and without something to look forward to in school, it would be boring for the students. To help the students reach of the stars then we should let them have some well deserved fun in class.