Sir, – At the risk of being excommunicated: having just read there were no animals at the birth of Christ and the herald angels did not sing (Home News, November 22nd), it is going to be even more difficult to keep the spirit of Christmas for children.
Going to visit the crib and singing carols has already been usurped by commercial interests. The Pope’s new book Jesus of Nazareth: the Infancy Narratives does not help parents and grandparents to keep the religious belief alive. – Yours, etc,