Christmas should be 'downgraded' to be equal to other religious festivals, says top think tank

 

Last updated at 15:36pm on 31st October 2007 Comments (11)

National celebration: But could Christmas soon be 'downgraded'?

 

 

 

 

Labour's favourite think tank was ridiculed today after it cast doubt on the celebration of Christmas.

 

 

In a call for a more multi-cultural Britain, the Institute of Public Policy Research said if we can't get rid of Christmas then we must mark other big religious festivals too.

 

But shadow communities secretary Baroness Warsi hit out at the leaked report which also called for Parliament and the monarchy to be stripped of Christian rituals.

 

Ms Warsi said: "Gordon Brown's favoured think tank's advisers have clearly lost the plot. Their comments betray a breathtaking misunderstanding of what it is to be British. These proposals could actually damage our community cohesion."

 

The research institute's in-depth report, due to be published tomorrow, offers a range of ideas to boost race relations. To help new immigrants, the authors suggest dismantling as many "national culture" barriers as possible.

 

 

The report says: " Evenhandedness dictates that we provide public recognition to minority cultures and traditions.

 

 

 

"If we are going to continue as a nation to mark Christmas - and it would be very hard to expunge it from our national life even if we wanted to - then public organisations should mark other major religious festivals too."

 

Just as controversially, it calls for parents to work "in partnership" with the state in bringing up every newborn child, with children required to undergo a citizenship ceremony.

I wonder what Boris Johnson thinks :rolleyes:

Indeed it should be,it's very commercial.

^thats just the way it is, and it its not gunna change, unfortunately

Well let's boycott it then..:smug:

Merry 25th December :P

 

All christmas is good for is getting time off work.

^sometimes you cant even get that!

I do :)

 

The regiment I'm based at are having a month off for christmas leave, and the camp is closing, so I will be moving around over the other camps.

I do :)

 

The regiment I'm based at are having a month off for christmas leave, and the camp is closing, so I will be moving around over the other camps.

 

In Afghanistan, perhaps??:rolleyes:

Nah, the company I work for won't pay for flights.

There is a large probability that I will be stuck in the main office doing random admin work for those weeks...

 

...which means no free lunches (which officially I don't get) :(

Downgrade immediately. I'm already choking on the holiday tunes that are bombarding my ears.