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ATTENTION TO ALL PARENTS WHO NEED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA 🎅 Son: "Dad, I think I'm old enough now. Is there a Santa Claus?." Dad: "Ok, I agree that your old enough. But before I tell you, I have a question for you. You see, the “truth” is a dangerous gift. Once you know something, you can't unknow it. Once you know the truth about Santa Claus, you will never again understand and relate to him as you do now. So my question is: Are you sure you want to know?" Brief pause... Son: "Yes, I want to know" Dad: "Ok, I'll tell you: Yes there is a Santa Claus" Son: "Really?" Dad: Yes, really, but he's not an old man with a beard in a red suit. That's just what we tell kids. You see, kids are too young to understand the true nature of Santa Claus, so we explain it to them in a way that they can understand. The truth about Santa Claus is that he's not a person at all; he's an idea. Think of all those presents Santa gave you over the years. I actually bought those myself. I watched you open them. And did it bother me that you didn't thank me? Of course not! In fact it gave me great pleasure. You see, Santa Claus is THE IDEA OF GIVING FOR THE SAKE OF GIVING, without thought of thanks or acknowledgement. When I saw that woman collapse on the subway last week and called for help, I knew that she'd never know that it was me that summoned the ambulance. I was being Santa Claus when I did that." Son: "Oh." Dad: "So now that you know, you're part of it. You have to be Santa Claus too now. That means you can never tell a young kid the secret, and you have to help us select Santa presents for them, and most important, you have to look for opportunities to help people. Got it?" Help each other this Christmas🎄🎅 and...be kind ❤ From: LoneRangerTX santasurfing.locals.com/post/4946305/g…

This red banner lists the names of 2,800 children who didn’t make it home from residential schools across Canada. #everychildmatters

BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford says his government will completely reverse the Greenbelt land swap decision. “It was a mistake to open the Greenbelt.” #Onpoli

"It’s a hard truth that some kids live with parents who are homophobic and transphobic; in the worst cases, abusively so. No province should be making policies to forcibly out gender nonconforming kids to these parents." Safe space for all in #onted! thestar.com/opinion/contri…

@LVijayasekar Congrats!! Been there with my first home. Nerve wracking doesn’t begin to describe it. So happy for you!

Giveaway! 🥳 I go back to school this week and, to celebrate, I'm giving away a copy of 7 Mighty Moves! To enter, just like, comment, retweet this post and make sure you follow me. I'll choose a winner Friday, Aug. 18th. Good luck! #7mightymoves @ScholasticEdu

I’m calling on the Integrity Commissioner to include Ford’s use of his personal cell phone in his investigation into whether this government breached ethics rules when they opened the #Greenbelt to their developer friends. You can read more at ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-adds-… #ONpoli

📈📊👨‍🏫 Use Google Sheets to track student progress and create personalized learning experiences that drive engagement. #googleEDU #StudentEngagement

Camp Molly is coming to #Oshawa September 14-17. The free camp will offer a taste of a fire services career for young women and gender diverse teens aged 15 – 18. Submit applications no later than Monday, August 14 on campmolly.ca

Your @OntarioNDP Opposition House Leader @john_vanthof is formally requesting the Conservatives recall the Legislature immediately in order to reinstitute Greenbelt protections for the land in question. #onpoli

Today is #EmancipationDay, a national holiday here in Barbados that commemorates the day that slavery ended in the British Empire, including Canada. This statue is of a man known as Bussa, who led the largest slave revolt in Barbados nearly 20 years before emancipation.

This is another, “look at me, I did a thing!” move by @Sflecce, “solving” something that wasn’t a problem, and doesn’t actually help students. #OntEd

A Ford insider developer bought up undevelopable land for $21.5 million. Then Ford's Conservatives removed it from the Greenbelt. That same land could now be worth as much as $725 million. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #onpoli

@LVijayasekar Congrats!!!!!!

Local Mermaid Jacy teaches us about water conservation and safety and reads from her picture book "There's a Mermaid in My Bathtub." Monday, July 10: 11-12 pm, at Cyril Clark 2-3 pm, at Four Corners Please pick up free tickets 30 minutes before the start of the show.

A ‘Special Air Quality Statement’ has been issued for all of Durham as high levels of air pollution are expected to continue Wednesday across the region due to smoke from raging forest fires.#forestfires #airquality #breathing durhamregion.com/news/listen-to…

The new Ontario Language Curriculum 1-8, aligned with the recommendations of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, has been released online: dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/… Note the inclusion of K on the Foundations Continuum! 🎉

The Vision Board lesson helps students brainstorm what they want to accomplish academically or personally. This is an excellent way to visually represent your goals through a collage of pictures and words! To access the lesson plan, visit ow.ly/Pzte50Nw0Ek

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 ‘Greenbelt Files’: Doug Ford’s senior staff discussed changes months before premier’s timeline: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenb…