I know: it's still thirteen days to Christmas, but, thinking ahead just a little, a couple of articles at the weekend did revisit the issue of Christian and 'traditional' cultural Christmases.
You may ignore (or vent your fury or approbation on) the various comments following it, but 'I wish you a very Christian Christmas' does at least show how far Britain has lost its tradition of 'cultural-European' celebrations of the Feast of the Nativity. One writer below senses the kill-joy touch of 'The Party' [i.e. the Stasi spirit of former East Germany] in the UK, which, combined with a Taliban secularising spirit, is determined to put an end to all 'partying' and festivity. Shades of George Orwell; echoes of the White Witch - always winter and never Christmas.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/12/09/do0903.xml
Trevor Phillips, Chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, injects some sense:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3022311.ece, with Leading article at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article3022121.ece
Philip S
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