We should do more to include others in our festivals

By Carol Oliver
January 17 2018 - 9:25am
CALL: Carol Oliver suggests we do more to include people from other cultures around Christmas. "How good it would be if Christmas in Australia could broaden its traditions."
CALL: Carol Oliver suggests we do more to include people from other cultures around Christmas. "How good it would be if Christmas in Australia could broaden its traditions."

For many, Christmas and the new year is a time to think. I think about what it means in our mainly white, Christian society. What it could mean in a high-functioning multicultural society. The thing that interests me most is the attention the rituals of Christmas are given (which have gone berserk in our material world) and the consequent exclusion non-Christians might feel.

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