Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26182781-20171224143508/@comment-27985750-20171229190115

In London, only 47% of people identify as “British” which is no problem, but that Christianity in England is rapidly declining where as the majority of immigrants are devout in their religion. But this affects Christmas. I love Christmas as a time of celebration and fun, but we must remember that Christmas originates from Christianity, and I do hate its commercialisation (sorry for very complicated english). Break up the word: “Christ” and “Mass” Christ referring to Jesus Christ and Mass to the celebration of the religion. I actually feel a degree of sympathy for Donald Trump when he is called “rascist” for stopping immigration to enter overflow mode: it is just the Republican view of things. Multiculturalism is a success and a breakthrough for humanity; but like Germany, letting in a huge number of asylum seekers swallows the original meaning of Christmas and other events, and replaces it with a commercial “Xmas” which immigrants would be wrongly led to believe it is nothing religious, but which of course it is actually a significant part of European culture and History.

My point is that we must preserve our European culture while still enjoying it as a commercial event, which is why I mentioned Immigration as immigrants are generally more devout and that with falling Christian numbers could be the downfall of real Christmas. We dont have to be Christian, but we have to remember where Christmas came from.