The All-Purpose Christmas Press Release Bingo Card

It's the same every year. The same old stories. The bloke called Noel who's born on Christmas Day, disbelieving bishops, terrified local authority officials being told by sensible Muslims to stop being sensitive prats...

Well, now you can enjoy the preparation for Christmas Yule  the Festive Season with this exciting Christmas Press Release bingo card! Just tick off the list as you read the stories or see them linked as click-bait on Twitter! If you get all 20, shout "I'm a Bingo Winner and You can  call me Rudolph!"

VICAR SAYS SANTA DOESN’T EXIST	WERE THE ANGELS ALIENS?	NATIVITY PLAYS NOT TRADITIONAL ANYMORE	EXPERT SAYS CHRISTMAS BASED ON ANCIENT CELTIC FESTIVAL	DISTRIBUTION NETWORK BREAKS DOWN UNDER UNEXPECTED PRESENT-BUYING
“WHY DO SCHOOLS DO NATIVITY PLAYS?” ASKS  ATHEIST GRINCH	LOCAL AUTHORITY RENAMES CHRISTMAST “SNOWFEST” - OUTRAGE	WAS JESUS’S FATHER A ROMAN SOLDIER?	SOMEBODY FINDS SOMETHING OFFENSIVE IN “FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK”	THREE WISE MEN “NEVER EXISTED”
EXPERT SAYS CHRISTMAS BASED ON ANGLO-SAXON “YULE”	POLITICIANS’ CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE ALL ABOUT THEMSELVES	CHRISTMAS TV ”ALL REPEATS”	EXPERT SAYS  CHRISTMAS BASED ON MITHRAISM	CHRISTMAS SALES “WORSE THAN EXPECTED” DUE TO HOT / COLD / WET / SNOWY WEATHER
PHOTOCOPYING YOUR BOTTOM GIVEN NEW LIFE BY “EMAIL” SCANNER FACILITY	CHRISTMAS “CAN GIVE YOU CANCER”	BISHOP SAYS THERE WAS NO MANGER	SIX-WEEK WHITE CHRISTMAS BRINGS IN “SNOW-MAGGEDON”	EAT DRINK AND BE MERRY. WE’LL RUN THE LIVER DISEASE STORY ON BOXING DAY

It's funny though, you know. If you see the amount of drivel thrown at the Christmas story - almost as much as the tinsel under the multicultural Festive tree - you start to think what is it, in this story of a baby, born in strange circumstances, that makes so many people get so bothered? You'd almost think he has a power way beyond the situation he was born into.