{"id":8859,"date":"2014-11-28T14:21:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?p=8859"},"modified":"2014-11-28T14:21:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:21:24","slug":"christmas-starts-with-christ-not-a-penguin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?p=8859","title":{"rendered":"Christmas starts with Christ&#8230;not a penguin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"h1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"penguin_poster\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster-148x98.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster-31x20.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster-38x25.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster-322x215.jpg 322w, https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/penguin_poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Christmas story has been around for a long time, but today it&#8217;s being forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Just 12 per cent of adults know the nativity story, and more than one-third of children don\u2019t know whose birthday it is. Meanwhile, 51 per cent of people now say the birth of Jesus is irrelevant to their Christmas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"h2\"><strong>Together we can reverse the trend<\/strong><br \/>\nSome of the UK\u2019s leading Christian groups, including the Church of England, the Evangelical Alliance and Bible Society, are coming together because we believe Christmas is worth saving.<\/p>\n<p><em>Christmas Starts with Christ<\/em> is a campaign aimed at helping churches to make Christ and the amazing story of his birth the focus of the nation\u2019s favourite time of year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/christmasstartswithchrist.com\/#sthash.KsOjyIlM.dpuf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/christmasstartswithchrist.com\/#sthash.KsOjyIlM.dpuf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<!--54e08335a3b8d1423999797--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/aracer.mobi\/mobi_rpg_gamerpg\" title=\"mobile game\">mobile games<\/a><!--\/54e08335a3b8d1423999797--><!--5542d061b68061430442081--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ipao.org.ph\/slot-oyna.php\" title=\"bedava casino slot oyunlar?\">casino oyunlar? bedava<\/a><!--\/5542d061b68061430442081--><!--55eb83a53e15b1441498021--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.topodin.com\">best seo companies in russia<\/a><!--\/55eb83a53e15b1441498021--><!--5657f02160c6b1448603681--><noindex><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/sexy-discount.ch\/87-lingerie-grandes-tailles-femme-ronde\">nuisette grande taille pas chere<\/a><\/noindex><!--\/5657f02160c6b1448603681--><!--567d16028e8501451038210--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/sexy-discount.ch\/content\/14-suisse-sextoys-shop\">sex shop suisse<\/a><!--\/567d16028e8501451038210--><!--5691629b1e31a1452368539--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/wheels-market.com.ua\/products\/kormetal-mf-27\">Kormetal MF 27<\/a><!--\/5691629b1e31a1452368539--><!--56c8a53b7bf361455990075--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/ya-zasnyal.ru\/products\/proline-cl-36451camout\">Proline CL-3645+1CAMOUT<\/a><!--\/56c8a53b7bf361455990075--><!--5704879bf0bc11459914651--><a style=\"display:none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.binaryhints.com\/binary-options\/\">best binary forex broker<\/a><!--\/5704879bf0bc11459914651--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas story has been around for a long time, but today it&#8217;s being forgotten. Just 12 per cent of adults know the nativity story, and more than one-third of children don\u2019t know whose birthday it is. Meanwhile, 51 per cent of people now say the birth of Jesus is irrelevant to their Christmas. 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