Parents were disgusted after a clergywoman told children that Father Christmas is not real. 'Rev Margaret McPhee made the mistake during a choir concert for primary school children from Stalham Academy, in Norfolk. During the service at St Mary's Church in the town, the curate asked pupils what they thought Christmas was about. When one child said "Father Christmas", she replied that he was make-believe and not real.' (Daily Telegraph, 18 December) Presumably those same parents won't be "disgusted" when the same Rev teaches the kids about virgin birth, making cripples walk and of course rising from the dead. RD
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