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Seasonal Greetings from the Politically Correct

© Stuart Buchanan MacWatt

Travelsleuth Stuart Buchanan MacWatt bewails the demise of the England's traditional Christmas from his cottage in Rosemary Lane amid seasonal political correctness gone mad. He looks at the traditional role of holly and mistletoe in the Christmas festival.

If you imagine Christmastide in Britain to be that nostalgic rosy Victorian picture of pink- faced children playing in the snow, prickly red berried holly and mistletoe, carol singers and cribs, think again this year. Some of the essential ingredients will be harder to find than a smile on the face of Scrooge.

As any vestige of spiritual message is slowly but inexorably eradicated from the Twelve Days of Christmas by the twin pincer attack of Mammon and political correctness, I find myself bewailing the loss of that Christmas joy I felt as a child.

I miss the young carol singers at the door. The same children now retire for the year after bullying us with 'trick or treat' at Halloween and some Councils are demanding that carol singers have an entertainment licence.

I miss traditional Christian Advent Calendars, (highjacked by Disney, Barbie, Simpson and friends as a 'countdown to present-giving time'). The Red Cross Charity shop in my town has taken the crib scene out of their Christmas - oops - Festive Holiday window and are no longer selling cards with the word "Christmas" on them. I regard such attitude as an insult to the town and I have told them that I shall no longer buy from their shop.

The Nativity plays and cribs at my grandchildren's school have been banned by the local Education Authority because they might offend non-Christians. Perhaps we shall see the ultimate polical correctness of amalgamating all the religious festivals into a month-long holiday without any religious overtones that might offend someone, be they followers of Christ, Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Isis or Krishna.

I take my hat off therefore to that vibrant British tabloid The Sun which has launched a campaign to put the C back into Britain's Christmas festivities and shame the bureaucrats who seek to strip our traditional holiday of its meaning.

So while I can still do so without causing offense to some council busybody or the government thought police let me join with the Editor of The Sun and wish you all

A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

And while I am about it, I wish all my Pagan friends

'A COOL YULE!'

And my many Jewish friends

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