Jake Wallis Simons Jake Wallis Simons

Harry, Meghan and the troubling erasure of Christmas

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H and M – no, the other brand – are causing trouble again. ‘Sussexes send out Happy Woke-mas card to friends’, griped the Mail on Sunday. Their crime? Wishing friends a ‘Joyful Holiday Season’ rather than a more traditional Merry Christmas.

Given recent controversies, this might seem like a minor offence. But count your blessings. Last year, the Sussexes’ cards proffered a ‘Happy Holidays’ slogan, which was even more irritating to those of a sensitive cultural disposition. 

The couple’s departure from Christmas is fairly recent. In 2020, they went for the traditional greeting. What changed? They were swept up, belatedly but inevitably, in a dismal yet unstoppable societal trend.

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