Archive for christmas
Should all fun events in December have to include “Christmas” in their title?
That would seem a pretty far-fetched demand. But what else to make of the complaints from Labour councillor and Methodist Rev Paul Flowers?
Bradford Council has been involved in organising and/or publicising a large number of events this year which feature Christmas, as shown by these examples:
German Christmas Market
Christmas Light Switch On Events
Victorian Christmas Market
Bradford Christmas [...]
Well if I must get into the Christmas spirit…
I’m not a bitter canine, oh no. Just because those inefficient reindeer get all the sleigh pulling jobs at Christmas, despite us dogs being faster, with more stamina and nicer on the envrionment (less methane emissions), that’s no reason to be bitter at all. So just to prove I am really in the festive spirit, [...]
Prime Minister removes all Christmas imagery from official Christmas cards
In a move sure to get Christians and tabloid newspaper journalists up in arms, the Prime Minister has removed all Christian imagery from his Christmas cards.
The picture on the front of his cards does not contain any sign of angels, crosses or any other Christian imagery.
But it’s not only Christianity that has been removed, so [...]
How The Times has left me worried I’m hallucinating
Here’s the email I’ve just sent to The Times. Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out I’m hallucinating and saw 175 mentions of Christmas where in fact there were none.
I’m really confused.
In your story “Christmas lights switch-on ceremony renamed ‘Winter White Night” (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6915007.ece) you report that, “Christmas will not be Christmas in Dundee this year. All [...]
