Not a Chelsea player: One in five kids think Jesus plays for the club
The meaning of Christmas is increasingly lost on kids – with one in five believing Jesus plays for Chelsea.
And
a quarter of tech-mad, modern kids think the shepherds found the infant
Jesus in his manger thanks to Google maps, according to a survey.
One
in four also think the Virgin Birth took place in a church and one in
10 believe Rudolph the Reindeer was there, says the study of five to
12-year-olds.
And more than half believe Christmas Day marks Santa Claus’s birthday, which is why they get presents.
Jochen Sand
Was he there: Santa Claus carrying sack of presents
A total of 1,000 children were asked the multiple choice
questions by London shopping centre Brent Cross, including: Who is Jesus
Christ? a) A footballer for Chelsea b) Son of God c) TV presenter d) X Factor contestant or e) An astronaut. Amazingly, 20% picked a).
And more than one in 10 reckon the Three Kings brought gifts of a wand, tiara and wings to celebrate his birth.
The
shock result comes after online parenting group Netmums found only one
in three schools are staging a traditional nativity play this month.
Is the traditional meaning of Christmas being lost?
According to its research, shepherds with tea-towels
as head-dresses, the Three Wise Men bearing gifts of gold, frankincense
and myrrh and even the Baby Jesus have been axed for modern musicals.
Instead
almost half of schools now perform updated shows with footballers and
punk fairies and one in eight will have no religious references at all,
with Mary and Joseph dumped in favour of eco-warriors, aliens or Elvis.
Spokesperson
Katie Tucker said: “With children looking forward to the festive season
the whole year round, we wanted to ensure that the true meaning of
celebration was understood, by proving to kids that Jesus Christ isn’t a
footballer.”
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