With so many schools across the country taking steps to ensure that holiday celebrations are devoid of any reference to Christmas, we here at Campus Reform simply couldn’t resist the urge to poke a little fun at the situation. And in the spirit of the season, we could think of no better way to do so than with an old-fashioned Christmas song.

Drawing on policies and guidelines issued by colleges in almost every region of the country, our “Twelve Bans of Christmas” is intended to humorously highlight the ridiculous lengths that some school administrators have gone to in their efforts to promote inclusivity.

We laugh only to keep from crying.

The First Ban of Christmas: The colors red and green

In the interest of conveying an “inclusive holiday spirit,” Ohio State University suggested that students and staff avoided using the colors red and green in their decorations, because they could be interpreted as connoting Christmas to the exclusion of other winter holidays.

It appears, however, that the inclusive guidelines have been removed. It is unclear why.

Read the article “The 12 Bans of Christmas” on campusreform.org.