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"Taking Christ out of Christmas…

...is like serving the Christmas turkey without the stuffing."

According to braindead reactionary Mark Pritchard, who spoke again today about his fears that the BNP are hijacking Christmas unless we all do something about it.

Actually, I prefer serving stuffing separately, cooking it in a baking tray with a bit of butter, rather than putting it in the turkey. You'll find it crisps up in the oven and has a lovely crunchy texture. Very nice. Why not do some sausagemeat in a similar-sized baking tray? It goes lovely and crispy on top as well. Superb. Obviously, don't forget the sausages wrapped in bacon, either. Or the cranberry sauce.

Anyway, just a small point for Mr Pritchard - turkey is a relatively recent Christmas tradition. As someone who wants to preserve our traditional ways, shouldn't he be asking us all to cook goose instead? (Try a rich plum and brandy sauce. Goose is very fatty but it's a lovely sweet meat and, I've found, is well worth the effort. So much more moist than turkey, isn't it? This year, though, we're going to have a leg of lamb. Bit of rosemary out of the garden, couple of wedges of garlic, salt and pepper to crisp it up, lovely. Home-made gravy, bit of mint, you can't go wrong.) But I guess that is the problem when you try to speak in clunky metaphors, hoping for a soundbite.

If the BNP want to celebrate Christmas, that's up to them. I can't see many people thinking: "Well, they're a bunch of fascist scum with pathetic views on race that went out years ago. A lot of them are criminals and thugs. And Nick Griffin is the one man responsible for making the far right even more vile than they already were. But hang on, they do like Jesus... Hmm."

Merry Winterval, everyone...

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