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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.

"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.

^1000000000

Unbelievable.

All this PC bull$hit is starting to get out of hand.
Me thinks t'would be best if we used the Queen's language. Mayhap then we would not offend.

santa's a sleezeball. can him. bwhahahaha.

Queen? Gee, that makes me think of "drag queen", which I find offensive. Who do I file a complaint with?\



I agree, so totally out of hand. I find the idea of Santa saying "ha ha ha" more offensive. What's he laughing at? My ridiculous request for presents?

Only they would think of something stupid like that. Gee Wiz

ya "ha ha ha" is totally un-jolly sounding.

Next we'll have to get rid of the 7 dwarfs(oops-little people)..

Snow Caucasion and the 7 height-disadvantaged people

happy- mockery of homosexual lifestyle
grumpy- making a joke of severe depression
sneezy- laughter at seasonal allergies
doc- supports stereotype that smart people wear glasses
bashful- amusement at the plight of socially backwards individuals ( who knows what kind of childhood made him that way)
sleepy- pokes fun at overly tired individuals who may be prone to mining accidents
dopey- making fun of mute individuals who use animated facial gestures to express themselves

Snow White - coke whore.

ha ha ha

ho ho ho

What a joke. What`s next you can`t say PETER COTTON TAIL? (Richard Fluffy Back side.)