Will you be buying Gesture Eggs this year ?

[Stuart T]

Christmas next. Winterval or whatever it is to become.

But at least we still call it Christmas with A Christmas Tree and Christmas presents.

Will the Cadbury's Christmas Selection Box be event neutral? They celebrate Christmas in America and I don't know if they would have the courage (if such is the word) to exclude the word from their advertising/packaging etc. The Americans wouldn't stand for it.

[JohnF]

So as not to offend non-christians

Many "non-christians" I know celebrate Easter, Christmas etc with far more vigour than most Christians I know...

JF

[KKOB]

Ah, here he is ! ^^^^^^  My favourite chukter teuchter.   

[BernieTeyze]

I have spent a lot of time watching a repeat of the snow queen pantomime on CBeebies over christmas. It's only just clicked that was why they said happy winter festival at the end..I thought it was because it was set in some snowy location, not because we can't say christmas. I don't get how you can live in another country and expect them to change their traditions.

[Scunner]

They don't

[mary62]

To be honest, I don't buy Easter Eggs....I buy a Terrys chocolate orange. IMHO far better value and no reference to 'Holidays or Easter'.!

[philrose]

Cadbury no longer sell Easter Eggs. So as not to offend non-christians they are now marketed as Gesture Eggs. No doubt it's also a ploy to enable them to market them throughout the year.

Actually  not strictly true...
https://www.snopes.com/cadbury-banned-easter/

[KKOB]

Actually, I know. 'Cos it's on Facebook. More fake news.

[Colwyn]

The only surprising thing about this story is that it was the Daily Star that spread these lies instead of the usual hate-monger, the Daily Mail. Perhaps the Mail are content with all that twaddle they peddled years ago about local authorities banning Christmas.

[LindseyMitchell]

What exactly have chocolate eggs to do with Christianity?
There were several posts on Facebook blaming Muslims for the term ‘Happy Holidays’, inferring that ‘Happy Christmas’ would offend them.  Of course it wouldn’t!  My Muslim doctor has a tree in his office, and wished me Merry Christmas. I also note that some restaurants in Turkey served Christmas dinner.
The Happy Holidays thing started because the Jewish festival of Hanukkah is around the same time.