Christmas to be renamed in UK?
The Uk is pondering the renaming of Christmas, in deference to other faiths.
Minister for Recreation and Holidays, the aptly named Roger Seasons, was at the center of the contreversy after a paper proposing the change was leaked on the internet.
“The proposals were only that – proposals,” he said in a hastily arranged press conference. “Such things take time, and many don’t go through at all in the end.”
Many people have been outraged by the suggestion.
“It’s tradition, and people don’t like their traditions messed about,” said Father Whitely, of the Anglican parish in Barnsley. “We have many immigrants in the area, and even they don’t support this.”
Other people have a different view though.
“Why not?” Charleen Wales asks. “We’re a global community now, it’s time to ditch these old fashioned, secular views and move forward.”
Charleen seems to be in the minority though, judging from the outcry in the local press, and the Government has swiftly distanced itself from the ideas.
“We have no plans to change the name of Christmas or any other national holiday,” said a spokesman for the Prime minister.
So it seems that Christmas will remain Christmas, though whether we’ll all be able to afford presents this year is another matter.
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Happy Winter Light I heard the other day in a local shop, every one stopped and stared at the Guardian reading old dear with the venom usually reserved for enemies of the state. I don’t see the point of changing the name. If we do that we may as well scrap it, I mean why even bother. My Christmas wish is for a day of non-consumerism although the world’s kids won’t like that I’m sure. I’ve known Muslims and Buddhists coerced in to ‘celebrating’ the day. It was bought up by Coca Cola over a century ago, they reinvented the blood soaked pagan into a fat jolly creep who never delivers, so perhaps it should be teeth rotting brown sugar water day? I know I and just about everyone I’ve heard talk about it is ‘playing it down’ this year. There’s no money left, there’s no cheer, no faith. How about scrapping birthdays whilst we’re at it lol.