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Vicar’s Santa sermon ‘ruins Christmas’ for sobbing school pupils (www.thetimes.com)
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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.

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How did you find out he wasn't really?

My Dad agreed to be Santa at my nursery but the wellies they have him were too small, so he wore his own shoes. I spotted this and freaked out, thinking the weird old man with a white beard was some kind of murder hobo who'd killed my father and stolen his shoes. My folks had to tell me the truth to calm me down.

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I found out when I was seven when my parents had to explain why we weren't gonna get presents this year.

Poverty, mostly, but also my family didn't actually celebrate Christmas, the children just decided we were because of all the christmas media they throw around at the time of year.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 8 points 1 week ago

I found pictures of my brother's inlaw jumping on the trampoline Santa brought me that had the date 24th of December.

I took the photographic evidence, became a little cop and got them to confess, they tried to tell me the dates were wrong on the camera, but the photos of me on Christmas morning were correct, that lie didn't last long.