I hope you’re sitting down when you read this article, and not drinking any kind of beverage, because this one is going to make you spew.  I guarantee it.

Okay, soooo, in Chelmsford, MA, there is an elementary school that has a “Holiday Gift Shop”.  Nice.  It is designed to help the school raise a bit of cash.  Okay.  Sounds good so far, right?  Well, hold on-

There are to be NO traditional Christmas and/or Hannakuh items on display, to include red/green wrapping paper as that screams Christmas and we cannot have that.  No Santa Claus stuff for the non-religious kids.  No Kwanzaa, either.  Nothing, nada, niente, zilch to actually signify this being a “Holiday Gift Shop”.  I wonder if they can have snowmen, I mean, snowpeople, or would that offend someone, too?

Why?  Apparently the town of Chelmsford PTO has determined that since Chelmsford has such a diverse religious culture, it would be offensive or politically-incorrect to highlight or allow any religious Christmas-time symbols or ideals in their Holiday Gift Shop.  Correct me if I am wrong, but is not diversity supposed to be inclusive and not exclusive?  Hmmm.  I heard that from someone smarter than me, and it made a lot of sense.  Ah yes, Dave Rinelli said that.

I heard this story this morning on WLAD 800 AM out of Danbury, CT, under the microphone control of the aforementioned Dave Rinelli.  I really thought he was pulling my chain with this story, but…well, it is all too real.  To say that this story embodies the height of stupidity brought to us in living color by the progressive liberals of America is an understatement.

I could wax on and on and on about this story, but I believe I shall defer to you, the common-sense readers of Political Integrity Now, to judge and evaluate.  As for me, I shall take my leave.   I have to get my politically-incorrect Christmas decorations out of the basement, so I’ll be busy today.  Hopefully no non-Christians in Bethel, CT will be offended and try to shut me down.  Oh, and for what it’s worth, here is the link to the school in question, and a link to the Chelmsford School Board.  Please to enjoy.

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CHELMSFORD – After meeting with members of the Byam Elementary School PTO, two mothers asking to put the holidays back into the school’s annual holiday gift shop say Byam isn’t budging.

Kathryn McMillan and Kathleen Cullen, who both have children at Byam, asked school officials to allow all holiday items at the gift shop following a ban on Santa, candy canes, stockings, and all Christmas, Hanukkah and other “religious items.”

But a meeting with some PTO parents on Thursday night grew heated as emotions got in the way.

Red and green tissue paper to wrap presents was also crossed off the list because it looked too “Christmasy,” McMillan said.

“One of the parents said, ‘If we allow Santa, what do we say if a child brings in a swastika? Do we allow that too?’ ” McMillan said. “All I could think of was, are you kidding? You’re comparing a Christmas ornament to a swastika? It seems as if reason is lost somewhere and I just hope we can find it again.”

Superintendent Donald Yeoman told The Sun on Tuesday that the rules for the gift shop are under the authority of Byam Principal Jane Gilmore. Ultimately, said Yeoman, the policy for the gift shop was set so no child would feel left out.

“It’s operated under those same rules for a number of years with success and without complaint,” Yeoman said.

Until now.

Gilmore did not return a reporter’s phone call yesterday.

McMillan and Cullen have asked that if the children can’t celebrate their traditions - whatever they may be – at the holiday gift shop, then maybe the school should move the gift shop to another time of year.

Not all Chelmsford schools have adopted the same policy as Byam. The South Row Elementary School, and the former Westlands Elementary that closed last year, had no restrictions on gift-giving.

“It makes sense that the school probably makes the most money by holding the gift shop over the holidays,” McMillan added. “So all we’re asking is that if you’re letting kids buy gifts for the holidays, let them donate stuff that celebrates those traditions and use it as a teachable moment so these kids can learn.”

McMillan and Cullen will appear before the School Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 24.