Celebrity Nativity Scene Draws Ire in U.K.
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LONDON - Christian leaders on Wednesday denounced a Nativity scene at a London wax museum featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus.  The waxwork tableau at Madame Tussauds museum included U.S. President George W.
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Comment is free: Richard Coles: Whether poor in Lincolnshire or rich in London, the true message of Christmas still rings out
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Church leaders in England have united to condemn a nativity scene hosted by the Tussaud&#39;s waxwork museum depicting the waxen likeness of David Beckham and Posh Spice as Joseph and the Virgin Mary.
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Less than half of British children between the ages of seven and 11 are aware that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus, according to a BBC poll.
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The vast majority of Britons oppose moves to secularise Christmas, according to a new poll.The survey found that 80% believe celebrating the birth of Christ remains an important part of the festival.The study ...Comment
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When the bitching begins there are surely few sights uglier than a beauty pageant, as the Christmas row over the newly-crowned Miss France amply shows.
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Santa Claus is facing tough times in Europe. So, for that matter, are the Virgin Mary, Joseph and even baby Jesus.
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The Archbishop of Wales uses his Christmas message to warn of dangers posed by "atheistic fundamentalism".
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Some 80 percent of Britons believe that celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is still an important part of Christmas, a survey has found.
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Some argue he is treated almost as a deity anyway, but a tourist attraction has now taken David Beckham's status to new extremes by casting him in a Christmas nativity scene as Joseph, the father of Jesus.
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has attacked a Christmas Nativity scene in which soccer player David Beckham appears as Joseph with his wife, former Spice Girl Victoria, as the Virgin Mary.
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A law lecturer pleaded guilty in court Monday to vandalizing a waxwork nativity scene featuring soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, as the parents of Jesus.
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Carol services banned, religious references carefully excised from cards: to read the press this year, you could be forgiven for thinking the politically correct brigade are set on taking the Christian out of Christmas.
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Queen Elizabeth has called for tolerance between different cultural and religious groups in her Christmas address to the nation. &quot;Religion and culture are much in the news these days, usually
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A controversial waxwork nativity scene starring Britain's celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham, as holy couple Mary and Joseph, has been mauled in an attack, the Madame Tussaud's museum said.
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VIENNA, Austria (AP &#151; St. Nick, nein! A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year. And it's creating a political ruckus, with opposition parties accusing City Hall of kowtowing to a growing Muslim population by showing Europe's Santa the kindergarten door.
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Madonna&#39;s tour of Israel has gotten decidedly mixed reviews - with the harshest words from some religious Jews unhappy with her embrace of kabbalah.