The Archbishop of Canterbury is in a truthtelling mood, and he sounds indistinguishable from Christopher Hitchens!

Archbishop says nativity ‘a legend’

The Archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday that the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men was nothing but a ‘legend’.

Dr Rowan Williams has claimed there was little evidence that the Magi even existed and there was certainly nothing to prove there were three of them or that they were kings.

Leaving no stone unturned:

He argued that Christmas cards which showed the Virgin Mary cradling the baby Jesus, flanked by shepherds and wise men, were misleading. As for the scenes that depicted snow falling in Bethlehem, the Archbishop said the chance of this was “very unlikely”.

In a final blow to the traditional nativity story, Dr Williams concluded that Jesus was probably not born in December at all. He said: “Christmas was when it was because it fitted well with the winter festival.”

These comments were in response to a “challenge” from comedian Ricky Gervais, the Telegraph reports.

Sounds like a “War on Christmas” to me! Let’s see how it goes over in the UK.