Principal banned candy canes because J shape stands for Jesus.

(The Blaze) Liberty Counsel a law firm focused on religious freedom caught wind of a Nebraska elementary school principal who banned a long list of Christmas-related items. What kinds of items you ask? Liberty Counsel provided a memo from principal Jennifer Sinclair that spelled out in detail all the verboten paraphernalia at Manchester Elementary School in Omaha: Santas or Christmas items (clip art) on worksheets Christmas trees in classrooms Elf on the Shelf thats Christmas-related Singing Christmas carols Playing Christmas music Sending a Scholastic book that is a Christmas book thats Christmas-related Making a Christmas ornament as a gift This assumes that the family has a Christmas tree which assumes they celebrate Christmas. I challenge the thought of Well they can just hang it somewhere else. Candy Cane thats Christmas-related. Historically the shape is a J for Jesus. The red is for the blood of Christ and the white is a symbol of his resurrection. This would also include different colored candy canes. Red/Green items traditional Christmas colors Reindeer Christmas videos/movies and/or characters from Christmas movies What was the principals reasoning? Sinclair whos in her first year as Manchesters principal noted in the memo that she comes from a place that Christmas and the like are not allowed in schools and that as a public school Manchester Elementary will be seek to be inclusive and culturally sensitive to all of our students.