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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Santa ban reversed at Florida University, Palm Beach Post

By Kimberly Miller
December 1, 2008

Florida Gulf Coast University President Wilson Bradshaw said he was just trying to do the right thing when he asked that no holiday decorations appear in common use areas of the Fort Myers school’s campus.

In a Nov. 20 letter to employees he said people were free to decorate their cubicles and desks, but wanted to respect all holiday traditions by not having public areas draped in Christmas regalia _ or any regalia that is connected to religious holidays celebrated in December.

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