And now we go live to Bethlehem…
(Because there was no room for them in the stable…)
Did you know that the Baby Jesus put out a restraining order on Bush and Blair?
I have to say that I did not – but it seems that Greek Orthodox monks think they acted on behalf of the Little Fellow when they ordered both these ex- and soon-to-be-ex-world leaders not to come near His stable:
“For many it may be the only way of participating in the anniversary of a story that shaped the world. The likes of Tony Blair and George Bush, who were banned for life by Greek Orthodox monks over the Iraq war, or Palestinians unable to get past Israel’s checkpoints to the holy Palestinian city, can now tune in to live pictures of Christmas in Bethlehem.”
Now, while I’m sure that this will make more riveting TV than the Queen’s speech, or yet another serving of ‘The great escape’, ‘EastEnders’ and/or ‘The world’s strongest man’, I have to admit I’m not really tempted to go watch the whole messy outcome of that Immaculate Conception live on air.
Call me old-fashioned but I would be with the ones who say they thought that the Book was better.
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