Man In Fancy Dress Says Christmas Not A Fairytale

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30600438

Man In Fancy Dress Says Christmas Not A Fairytale

Fairytale endings are not a reflection of the true spirit of Christmas, the Archbishop of Canterbury is to say.

In his Christmas Day sermon, the Most Rev Justin Welby will allude to the World War One battlefield truce between German and British troops in 1914.

The archbishop will remind Canterbury Cathedral the truce was a "one-day wonder" and the war continued with the same severity the next day.

But he will say it does illustrate something of the "heart of Christmas".

The story of truce - when soldiers on both sides stopped fighting and played football in no-man's land on the Western front - has been highlighted in several other Christmas messages this year. It has also appeared in advertisements.

During the service at Canterbury Cathedral, which starts at 1100 GMT, the Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to say: "At Christmas 1914, soldiers took the risk, crossed a battleline and kindled an evening of friendship and football.

"The truce illustrates something of the heart of Christmas, whereby God sends his Son, that vulnerable sign of peace, to a weary war-torn world."

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[Xamonas Chegwé]

"The truce illustrates something of the heart of Christmas, whereby God sends his Son, that vulnerable sign of peace, to a weary war-torn world."

Actually this is a very good analogy to the way that god works...

The truce only happened once: in the first year of the war and only on a very few battle fronts. Bloody fighting started afresh on Boxing Day and continued unabated for 4 more years. There could have been a truce that spread and evolved, until both armies marched home and threw down their weapons, ending the war before it had really begun.

Similarly, god (if you believe the hype) could end Ebola, Malaria, Child poverty and Coldsores simply by fluttering his eyebrows. Instead, he chooses the more subtle approach of helping footballers score goals, ensuring that aircraft in difficulty and hospital emergency wards are staffed by well-trained professionals that don't fuck up too often, and making sure right-wing Americans find their car keys.

[Brian Peacock]

The man in the funny hat forgets that soldiers on both sides of the front had God on their side. Also think it's a bit rich for him to tell us all off for making Christmas a fiction.

Everybody does a Christmas message these days. Nobody's listening Justin.