No.

This is crazy, I heard it yesterday, ho ho ho never hurt anyone.

no that would be very sad,i go to church on christmas eve dressed as mrs christmas my vic thinks it great.i love christmas its a time of love and shareing happines not being nasty and spoileing it for others.tell them to get alife there are more important things,

No i have never heard anything so stupid as that.

Besides being "banned" from saying Merry Christmas? No. I'm tired of people forcing their opinions and beliefs on someone else! Just because YOU don't celebrate Christmas, does that mean that *I* can't? COME ON PEOPLE!!!!

1) No, but I could imagine some situations where it could happen. For instance during a funeral. It would depend on the situation. The fact that it is Xmas time do not stop people from dying, fighting, concentrating on their work, and many more things where they don't appreciate somebody joking or rejoicing. There are enough other situations where they would appreciate. 2) "Shoping centers making decisions based on PC (BTW, is bellowing ho,ho,ho unPC? ). Shopping centers I'm familiar with have one thing in mind, $$$$$. So maybe the bellowing had to be toned down so they didn't drown out the credit card hawkers in the adjacent free space. Or maybe they are wondering how many more Santas square metre you can fit in if they are a little quieter. Or even perhaps a quick ha, ha, ha, has been calculated to take a shorter time, be less distracting to the kids, meaning you can pump more little wallet companions through in an hour. Shopping centers, (the same ones that ramp up for Xmas straight after Fathers Day), worried about PC,, ho, ho, ho,ho, ho,,, that's a good one." Source: http://forums.overlander.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=771802&sid=15e389065c0d76d1e0a9c5951c9dfcd6

Of course I have. People hype up shallow little issues like this (like you're doing now) so that they can ignore the bigger picture of a still very real economic-based exploitation.

the only thing stupider id banning ba ba black sheep have you any wool... etc. black sheep is now detrimental to the black community and is changing to ba ba RAINBOW SHEEP. biggest bulls**t ever.

It happened to me, but I was being Santa for my company's Christmas party for the second year. During my little gift-giving presentation of the previous year, I made a fuss about how I had lost a "ho" and had heard (as Santa) that the company had some of the best "ho"'s around. I then proceeded to invite some noteworthy ho'ers to assist with the gift-giving, after we heard them say "ho". When I was asked to be Santa the second time, they asked me to tone it down with the "ho" bit because some visiting dignitaries were offended. I complied. The week after, I did the same act for my veterans group and they were amused, and soon after that, I heard a local radio show doing it on a broadcast, almost verbatim, in spots. I don't work for the company any more, and I always hated the stupid fake beard, so I won't being going out with the "ho" bit ever again, probably. It's a tragic loss to the world, I'm sure.

mmm its stupid. i mean, its not like kids are going to think santa is a pimp just because he says ho ho ho. probably the closest thing to this on the ridiculous scale would be the cookie monster. he now has to say 'cookies are a sometimes food'. its not like hes going to get fat or anything, hes a freakin puppet!! its not his fault that parents buy their kids too many cookies. Also, here in australia, we have a species of penguin called the 'fairy penguin'. we now have to call them 'little penguins' just in case gay people get offended. none of the gay people i know care. its stupid.

I think it is a bunch of bull! WTH is the world becoming? I like to hear HO HO HO! Merry Christmas just wont be the same without the, Ho Ho HO from Santa.

I think it is totally insane! They take everything to far these days!

How could a "ho ho ho" scare someone? If you ask me, a word like "onomatopoeia" should scare little children, not "ho" And offensive to women? Ha! The only people it "offends" are greedy people who want to file a lawsuit for some cold hard cash. Gosh, suck it up people! It's only a friggin' two letter word! I don't believe the name of the gardening tool has been challenged.

I love hohoho! i even mention it in my profile. to answer the question NO, i don't think it's remotely offensive to women or frightening to children. how much of a difference can changing one vowel make anyway?

WHAT???????? This is getting rediculous! What next, not allow any gift giving because someone might not like their gift??

Well, badger, badger, I think it's ridiculous! I have nothing against being PC, but it sure can go too far. I seriously doubt that replacing ho ho ho with ha ha ha will make little kids less frightened of the huge boisterous man in the red suit. Let's face it. Santa is a scary dude when you're a tot. And, offensive to women? Come on! I hope I never see the day when women will identify with being called a 'ho' and somehow take offense to that term being used for something other than a reference to themselves or assume the very word is a call-out to them. I truly wish the powers that be would keep their eye on the friggin' ball and deal with real issues.

Gimme a break. Offensive and frightening? : ) This so called request is HOrrible, HOllow, and HOpeless.

For real? Santa was saying Ho Ho Ho long before hip hop music. As a woman, the only thin I feel is being insulted by declaring "Ho ho ho" derogatory is my intelligence. As for children afraid of the letter "o", they may as well suck it up and deal while they're still young. The world is certainly not going to cater to their fear of vowels forever! :P

I think they can blo, blo, blo me.

REEE-diculous. Santa has been saying "ho, ho, ho" for decades. And what about Hostess Ho-Hos? Are we going to have to change their name now? Even perfectly innocent words might, just might, be offensive in another language or culture--for example, in Viet Nam, Phuc is a common name, but what does it sound like in English? Should we make all Vietnamese immigrants to English-speaking countries, who happen to be named Phuc, change it because it is potentially offensive? If we tried to eliminate everything that might potentially offend somebody somewhere, we'd all be sitting still not saying a word. And then somebody would be offended by someone's posture.....

I'm guessing it will confuse them at first. "If he's really Santa, why doesn't he say 'Ho ho ho'?" The lunatics are in charge of the asylum. How did the doctors let it happen?

I think this fat freak in a red and white suit is scary... but that is just me.

Ho Ho Ho was here long before some rapper shortened the word WHORE to HO. I say leave the fat man in red alone. I don't know any women who are offended by Ho Ho Ho. But I guess you gotta call 'em the way you see 'em.

Well I think they are only trying to stop Santa from saying it. Personaly I'm flattered being called a Ho by a fat man in a suit. After all how often does that happen????? :) lol

Does this mean I have to water my lawn with a garden tube?

Well, I've heard other things equally stupid. If someone really is having an aneurysm over the fact that Santa says "ho ho ho" then we might as well put them out of our misery right here and now. Do these people not realize when Santa says "ho ho ho" that "ho" is not a word? Hello...it's a laugh people. "Ho ho ho" is no different than "ha ha ha"...how about we ban that while we're at it?

I think all the Santas should rebel, hire hookers, point at them, and say "HO HO HO". Yeah. That's what I think.

Yes, calling the Christmas tree a 'family tree' like Lowes is advertising. Or being afraid to say or write Christmas because it has CHRIST's name in it(get over it please) or sing the song that spoke of a 'gay ol time' without offending people. Personally I think its all getting rediculous myself people are getting to sensitive to what people are saying but less offended by what crap others are doing...

when i heard this on the radio, i couldnt stop laughing, it was soo ridiculous. Its just not santa without HO ho ho! sEriously! no i have not!

Actually I've heard worse, I once heard someone say that Homosexuals should be hanged. Also, I think that banning ANYONE from saying ANYTHING is just wrong... I'm quite strongly against censorship, though (of course) don't encourage people to be offensive just because they're allowed to : D Frankly there is nothing wrong with saying 'ho ho ho', and anyone who is offended by it is so stupid that they -deserve- to be offended.

Yea, I have. It's still pretty stupid though.

Does not surprise me. Next, we will banned from breathing. THAT, should end the world.

As much as I want to respond "Unbelievable" sadly, it is very believable, albeit stupid.

just one more example of politically correct stupidity

Ahhhhh! First the Aflac duck now THIS?!! I feel faint...!

Good for them!!!! The recruitment firm is out in left field on their decision. ho is a tool A hoho is a great desert and ho ho ho is what Santa says. Little kids don't know the difference and I think women have enough common sense not to be offended.

Oh for christs sake what next. Who are these people who think this shit up? Do they look the same as regular people?

Let's think here... we're talking about Santa, the ULTIMATE big-bellied, bearded, doting uncle. I remember HAVING an uncle with a deep belly laugh. It DOES sound like "HO! ho ho!!" There's nothing scary about that... and the PC squad that runs about trying to make everything offensive is what offends me. Look, if you can play "Slap my B*tch up" videos on basic cable, or worse, Family Guy commercials containing four of the words in George Carlin's "Eight Dirty Words" skit on NETWORK, a belly laugh from Santa Claus shouldn't be a problem.

G'day Buxtonite and Singwell, Thank you for your question. I think that the Westaff policy was thought up by a bureaucrat with too much time on his hands and too little common sense. Who honestly thinks that Santa is trying to show his ghetto cred when he shouts ho ho ho? IT is a tradition. Regards

Oh dude, I heard about that...its so stinking stupid.

Yeah, where I live they were going to start calling manhole covers personhole covers! Give me strength!

that is one of the more stupid things, for sure. Is it true?

Is that what this is about???? Cos of the word "ho"?? For all these kids know we could be talking about a gardening tool (hoe). Maybe we should ban those too. And the other kind of ho isn't even a word as much as it is slang. Get a life people. The only people the need these laws are the people making them. Idiots.

sure. I've heard a lot of stupid things. If,we're not careful other things will be banned too.

No, but I heard that in Australia they changed the saying "Ho Ho Ho" to "Ha Ha Ha" or something like that, been a while since I heard of it so it may be wrong.

My bathroom moniters at school dont let us sneeze in the bathroom

Screw that. I say it all the time when I'm with my elves.:))))

oh no, did the elves complain?