Nine days ago, I posted my “Why has “Put Christ back into Christmas” suddenly become so contentious?” blog (see here) and two days ago the event organised by Tommy Robinson and his team took place, along with another competing “Christmas” event organised by those NOT in support.
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Why my favourite Christmas hymn is “O come Emmanuel”
Today, I asked AI: “What can you tell me about the origins, rationale and current use of the Advent hymn: O come, O come Emmanuel?” and got the following helpful answer:
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I’m not a big fan of Christmas! This is the first of several contentious statements to be found in this article and one unlikely to bother all that much the anti free speech brigade.
Continue readingAdvent 2025 – a reflection
One thing I learnt in church earlier today was that the Advent season has just begun and that it goes on right up to Christmas Eve. About Advent, I found (courtesy of AI):
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