Santa Can't Say "Ho, Ho, Ho?"

It seems that political correctness is running amuck again...

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


SYDNEY (AFP) - 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.
"Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids.
"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph.
"Leave Santa alone."
A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.

I know it offends the hell out of me. I only like Twinkies and Dingdongs. HoHo's are NASTY....I mean the pastry.

T-Roy wrote:

HoHo's are NASTY....I mean the pastry.

Maybe they need to change their name to "HaHas"

Too much like TATAs.

nobody laughs like that anyway

...such a realist.

spectrefate wrote:

Too much like TATAs.

They'd probably sell TEN times as many if they were called TATAs!!

Australia? Retarded.

LOL!

I hate all the crybaby rights activists always trying to change every little tradition. I mean what's the matter? Have all the ho's in Australia been offended? Give me a break.

Eyesore wrote:

Australia? Retarded.

On the other hand, it's kinda nice to see that America doesn't have the market completely cornered on Stupidity.