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A maths teacher at a high school in Maine, USA has allowed to her pink Hello Kitty Christmas tree in her classroom. The tree was from pink plastic and was adorned with Hello Kitty ornaments. The teacher, Catherine Gordon, had earlier ordered by the school principal Paul Butler to it after he it was an "inappropriate" Christmas decoration. Mr Butler to ABC News that he initially the tree did not fit with the way the school the different religious events happening at this time of the year. He said: "A concern was with me regarding an inconsistency with our balanced approach to holiday observances."

Ms Gordon said: "I didn’t a pink Hello Kitty tree was offensive….It's a tree that's up in my classroom for years." She her story on Facebook and it quickly viral. She wrote: "The tree had no religious symbols on it whatsoever. No crosses or angels, just pink Hello Kitties and my students really it." She added that society was too worried about upsetting different people. She said: "I feel that this is definitely a turning point in our society when everything everyone all the time. It just sucks the joy out of everything." She told the local newspaper that: "It just that in our quest to tolerant of everything, we've intolerant to everything."

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