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Flat White

Merry Wokemas

23 December 2023

5:33 PM

23 December 2023

5:33 PM

‘Rejoice in the birth of a brown-skinned, Middle-Eastern, undocumented immigrant.’

You might have seen this message around the place in the lead-up to Christmas. Among its implications is the notion that the Woke, thanks to their superior values, are better placed to welcome baby Jesus at Christmas time.

I guess if everything can be Wokeified, then surely the Christmas story is fair game, too?

Well, wait a minute.

As we read the account of Jesus’ birth in the Gospel of Matthew, we discover first of all that Jesus was a Jew.

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