U.K.: PARENTS DON'T LIKE THE SECULARIZATION OF CHRISTIANITY

Parents 'overwhelmingly back' school nativity plays

Parents have joined the backlash against growing moves to secularise Christmas celebrations by saying schools should keep the traditional nativity play, a survey has shown.

The survey for women's website allaboutyou.com found that nine in 10 parents believe the nativity play telling the story of Christ's birth should live on in schools.

Some 500 parents across the country were asked if they wanted schools to keep up the tradition and 91% said yes, the poll found.

It comes after continued attempts to rebrand Christmas on secular lines and make them "winter" festivities instead, apparently due to the fear of offending other religions.

Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, recently attacked "illiberal atheists" working towards the "systematic erosion" of Christianity in public life.

He criticised what he called "Wintervalitis", a reference to the decision eight years ago by Birmingham City Council to rename Christmas "Winterval".

Royal Mail came under fire last month for issuing festive stamps devoid of a Christian theme, featuring snowmen, reindeer, Santa and a Christmas tree.

The company hit back, saying that its festive stamp collections had always alternated between religious and non-religious themes on an annual basis.

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