Put Christ back into Christmas

The relentless drive to suppress our Christian heritage and identity continues, with Tesco, the latest in a long line of deluded woke campaigners, jumping onto the secularist bandwagon and relabelling its Christmas trees as ‘evergreen trees’.  The insulting irrationality behind this is breath-taking in its stupidity.  For a start, why would anyone, for no obvious reason, want temporarily to put a fir tree up in their lounge or hall, and then decorate it with glass balls, tinsel, and lights?  No, Christmas trees, along with all the accompanying paraphernalia of the season, are a celebration of Christ’s birth – which stands at the heart of the nation’s Christian faith.  Christmas trees must be acknowledged for what they are – a joyful symbol of the inbreaking power of God, made manifest in Christ’s birth in a stable in Bethlehem, and of his subsequent death and resurrection.

At Christmas, we don’t just celebrate Christ’s birth, but we look to His return in glory, and arguments that Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and even (let it be whispered in our increasingly anti-Semitic country) Jews might feel excluded by such representations and be offended must be recognised for what they are – a none too subtle, but nonetheless effective, attempt to subvert the UK’s Christian belief and culture.  Did the Wokenistas but know it, demands to secularise Santa are not part of a commendable attempt to unify our multi-cultural and diverse society, but are rather a tool in the growing arsenal of weapons being assembled to deconstruct ‘Britishness’ and pave the way for cultural takeover by those hostile to our heritage, identity, society and way of life.

It has been well said that nature abhors a vacuum, and when we remove ‘Christ’ from Christmas, we open the door to the unholy.  Into the empty space left by the removal of religion from what remains, at heart, a religious celebration, can only flood – in the short term – an orgiastic surfeit of meaningless of self-indulgence.   Like an excess of sugar, such intemperate gluttony will leave an unpleasant taste in the mouth, and damage the nation’s health.  Longer-term, the planned ‘deChristianisation’ of our nation will open the door to demonic ideologies and belief systems that demand total control.

Removing Christ from Christmas is not a progressive statement of secular inclusivity.  Rather, it is a part of a planned takeover by those who wish to undermine our culture and ultimately seize control.  Britain is a Christian country.  Our laws, society and culture are all alike founded on Christian belief, and we are called to obedience to our Sovereign Lord, Christ the King.  It is that belief that in previous generations has made our nation ‘Great’.  Let the nation then awake, before it is too late, and reclaim our Christian roots.  Let us boldly put Christ back into Christmas, proclaiming our celebration of His birth, and looking forward joyfully to His return.

And let us teach our children the true meaning of Christmas – telling them with pride the story of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, of Jesus’ birth in a stable, and of the miraculous visits of the shepherds and the Wise men, with the gifts the Wise men brought.  Teaching them too that the gifts we exchange today are a symbol of God’s gift to us – when He sent His only Son into the world, to break Satan’s hold and restore us to relationship with Himself.

Boycott Tesco, while their Board members continue their campaign to suppress Christian belief, and send them a letter, telling them why.