And a song, because I can't resist

[andrewducker]

# God rest ye, Unitarians,
Let nothing you dismay!
Remember that there is no proof
There was a Christmas Day
When Christ was born is just not known,
no matter what they say,

O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

# No wise men traveled from the East,
The journey's far too long.
There were no shepherds in the fields,
The time of year's all wrong;
We don't believe in angels;
That rules out the angels' song!

O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

# Our current Christmas Customs come
from Persia and from Greece,
From solstice celebrations of
the ancient Middle East.
This whole darn Christmas spiel is just
another pagan feast,

O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

# We're too sophisticated to
Believe in tales so old.
We know that human avarice means
Too much bought and sold;
We only celebrate because
This season is so cold.

O, Tidings of reason and fact, reason and fact,
Glad tidings of reason and fact.

Comments

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

Lol! That is wonderful. Did you write it?

(And Merry Christmas!)

[andrewducker]

Nope - didn't write it, I put it together from a couple of different versions on the internet.

See here: http://theweaselking.livejournal.com/2128752.html

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

OMG I ws just going to ask how long that took you!!!!

[soon_lee]

Lovely! Gave me a laugh. And Happy Newtonmass.

[simont]

Very nice. Beautifully accurate scansion, in particular. Gave me a good laugh, and my mum too. Thank you :-)

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

ps there was a book review I read last night of The Nativity which compares all the gospels to establish what bits of the Christian story are at least consistent if not historically proven to be accurate - it looked fascinating and I Thought Of You.

[andrewducker]

Was this review perchance in either The Independent or The Times? Because I read something similar myself a few days back.

On a similar note:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2266166128626497168&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en-GB

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

I think it was in the Indy..