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The atheists started the movement to get Christmas and Easter vacations changed to Spring Break and Winter Vacation, since they don't believe in God. And, here, folks...we have an example of revisionist history.  This is not an accurate statement AT ALL.  DO YOUR HOMEWORK! There was actually no such thing as "Christmas Break" or "Easter Break" until the 1930s, and even then it was generally limited to the one day before and after Christmas and the Monday after Easter IF THAT. Not every state took off a day for Easter, since EASTER IS ON A SUNDAY!  Historically, in some states, fledgling public schools systems gave the children of farmers a week off near the end of March for SPRING PLANTING.  The US's educational calendar is based on an agrarian cycle.   The "Christmas Break" notion was expanded (in length) and emphasized (in handouts, calendars, media, and literature) because of the fear that NOT referring to the break...
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