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University of Minnesota: Guide Calling Christmas Trees Inappropriate Was ‘Ill-Advised’

December 24, 2017December 24, 2017 Tennessee Star Staff

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The University of Minnesota has disavowed a set of guidelines issued by one of its academic departments labeling holiday symbols such as Christmas trees, doves and dreidels as “religious iconography” inappropriate for a school setting.