Every Christmas, my kids beg me to take off my Christmas jumper (a giant Rudolph with a red pom-pom nose) for the photos, but I tell them Christmas jumpers are what Christmas is all about. Who’s right? Mike, by email My God, Mike. Are your children satanists? Maybe even – clutched handkerchief – socialists? I do not wish to cast aspersions on your undoubtedly beloved offspring but, seriously, who are these young people, dissing Christmas knitwear? I may not be of the religious persuasion for which Christmas is intended, but I did RE in school and I know it is a gold-plated FACT that the story of Christmas goes as follows: it was a cold but clear night in the little town of Bethlehem. A humble shepherd (was Joseph a shepherd? Probably. I mean, he wasn’t an IT engineer, was he? Let’s stick with shepherd) and his young wife were travelling the hard and rocky mountain paths (are there mountains in Bethlehem? Whatever, style it out), looking for a place to rest their precious load. At last, they found a manger and there they placed their holy burden in a cow’s feeding trough (is this right? Whatever, check Wikipedia later)…. Read full this story
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