When teachers at a primary school in Hampshire invited the local vicar to give a talk about the birth of Jesus, they did not expect it to end with irate parents, sobbing children and a “ruined” Christmas.
Parents have complained after the Rev Dr Paul Chamberlain took the opportunity to speak about other elements of Christmas to a group of ten and eleven-year-olds.
Pupils at Lee-on-the-Solent Junior School began to sob as he told them that Father Christmas was not real, and added that their parents bought their presents and ate the biscuits left out for Santa.
Teachers at the school have now resorted to making badges for the children saying “Lee-on-the-Solent believe” to bring back the festive magic. A complaint has been lodged against Chamberlain and the vicar was expected not to be taking part in a carol service on Friday.
How did you find out he wasn’t really? Hopefully not from this post!
I’m the youngest of 4 and my older siblings are assholes.
It’s better that way. Kids need to learn early that authority figures use lies to maintain order and control, that the rest of us should educate each other, and that Christmas is 90% capitalism and 10% everything else.
Ok, let me explain the evils of capitalism to my 6 year old self.
Nope…I just called myself a poopy head.
Capitalistic Christmas began even before Edward Bernays got consumerism rolling.
“Smell that? What’s that smell?”
“Opportunity.”
“No. Money!”