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And may God forgive all the Muslim teachers who are accepting gifts during the holiday season.
On a side note, it very easy to criticize others on how you perceive different events/holiday, be it halloween, christmas, new years, 4th july, eid, 14th august, memorial day, thanksgiving, etc.
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wow…what a great point!
I never even thought of this. I wonder if there are teachers that turn away gifts with an explanation that it is against their faith.
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Here where I live I have never heard of a parent giving the teacher of their kid some kind of present for christmas etc. Kiss up much?
But still I don’t think that giving someone a gift for their holy day is the same as dressing up your own children in some costumes and make them go around asking for candy. So yeah, still lame…
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^It’s quite common here to give gifts to teachers.. I know a lot of people who do it.. it’s just seen as a token of appreciation and thanks..
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Accepting gifts from students or their parents isn’t allowed in many schools here.
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One of my friends is a 4th grade teacher…she once got a Coach purse from her student’s parents at the end of a school year!
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Must be a canadian or uk thing as I have never heard of teachers given gift here !?
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Where is ‘here’ ?
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the superpower
^You live in north Korea?
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Gifts are also given as bribery, trying to conform to the culture or showing off. Not really from the heart.
Those are just fake attitudes and need to be avoided.
Ahmad or Abdullah giving gift on X-mas to Joseph or Mary has a risk of being seen as artificial gesture.
On the other hand, very rarely Joseph or May give gifts to Ahmad, Fatima on their Eid day.
And Joseph/Mary are more respectful not to show their false or fake emotions.
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Act like who you are. And you will be respected.
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Exactly!!
If you really want to give a gift to your teacher out of respect/curtesy then go ahead, DON’T fear hawww hai.. kahin log mujhe fake na samjh lain.
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Good try twisting my idea. 
Giving X-Mas gift by a Muslim to Christian or by a Christian to Muslim on Eid (which almost never happens) does not prove that person really believes in X-mas or Eid or agrees with these events. Hence not being who he/she is.
If a person really likes to give gift to another person then that person should not wait to give gift on these kind of occasions.
Why not do it some other time so it will not be perceived as being shallow or artificial act?
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Perceived by whom? 
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The receivers.
Like I said: There is always a chance to be perceived as a fake person. People know who you are. People know what is believed by Muslims (or Christians) and receiving gifts from person of other faith on a religious occasion can be perceived as that person is acting out of his/her belief and just trying to be extra nice or being fake.
Why take that risk, give gift some other time if you are so sincere!!!
Hope I am clear enough.
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I don’t do christmas gifts myself, however, I do contribute to the money being collected by the room parent who usually gets a gift card for the teacher from all the money received. Actual teacher has no idea whether a certain student’s family took part in the contribution or not. The only person aware of my contribution is the room parent who initially sent in the letter asking for contributions which are totally voluntarily.
How am I perceived in the above situation?
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Who stops you giving gift to the teacher on some other time?
Why should it be on Christmas time? Do you believe in Christmas?
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When another time? A random day? How does Dec 26th sound? Would that day be ok for gift giving?
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lol
Sure. I think my point is being missed despite I have been very clear.
You have not answered my questions. That’s OK.
All I said is that when there is any chance of sincerity being questioned and giving gift can backfire, then it should be avoided.
In your case, since you are spending money then you should let the person know it is you who has sincere feelings about that person and nothing wrong with that.
Moreover, at least there is one person who knows you might not be following your beliefs and just being the person who is trying to conform to the cultural requirement. (Assuming you do not believe in Christianity or Christmas).
If you believe in X-mas like Christians do, then never mind.
Trust me: Giving gift even outside religious occasion may backfire, so choose the gift and the timing very carefully. Very expensive gift to a boss can be perceived as a “brown noser”. 