According to the poll, 12 per cent of Londoners think the Bible features Father Christmas, while 60 per cent believe the same is true of Mary riding a donkey.
A whopping 84 per cent of the public believes that three kings visited Jesus, despite the Gospels only mentioning “wise men from the East”.
Seven per cent of the public think Christmas trees – introduced in Britain’s Victorian era – are in the Bible, a proportion which nearly doubles among 18 to 35-year-olds.
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- Irminsul, dies natalis solis invicti, birthday of light, Christmas and Saturnalia
- Holidays, holy days and traditions
- Wishing lanterns and Christmas
- Christmas trees
- Focus on outward appearances
- Hanukkahgiving or Thanksgivvukah
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- The imaginational war against Christmas
- Peter Cottontail and a Bunny laying Eastereggs
- Being Religious and Spiritual 8 Spiritual, Mystic and not or well religious
