It's now come to this.

An attorney with a school board in Collier County, Florida felt compelled to write a memo to board members telling them that it was okay for teachers and staff to talk about Thanksgiving and other holidays.

There was actually concern in some circles that the religious roots of the holiday, however tenuous, would make it off-limits for discussion in schools. School officials reminded staffers that Thanksgiving is more a secular holiday than a religious one, even if early celebrations involved saying prayers and giving thanks to a deity.