We talk about ‘Putting Christ BACK into Christmas’, but the reality is He has never been in Christmas.

We forget that Jesus was actually born in September in the year 5BC, but our early church leaders thought that if we celebrated his birthday on December 25^th, when the pagan world held a midwinter festival characterised by drunkenness and feasting then we could transform it into something better, with giving (eg St Nicklaus) at its heart rather than drinking.

But the pagan empire has fought back to keep Christmas the midwinter season of eat, drink, Continue reading →