Christmas without “Christmas”? According to the report shared here, GB News reporter Ben Leo visited

Christmas without “Christmas”?

According to the report shared here, GB News reporter Ben Leo visited a major London tourist destination to investigate why traditional “Christmas Market” signs had been replaced with names such as “Winter Market.”

Stallholders reportedly told him on camera that they had been instructed not to use the word “Christmas” or offer the traditional Christmas greeting, supposedly to avoid offending Muslims and other minorities.

If accurate, this raises a simple question: Why must celebrating one tradition require hiding another?

London can celebrate Ramadan publicly, with illuminated signs and events, while also openly celebrating Christmas. Respect should work both ways.

Erasing the identity of the host country is not inclusion. People of different faiths can live together without demanding that their neighbors conceal their heritage.