Winterval
An end to the Winterval myth?
From the Daily Mail’s corrections and clarifications column: We stated in an article on 26 September that Christmas has been renamed in many places Winterval. Winterval was the collective name for a season of public events, both religious and… Read more
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Winterval alert: Melanie Phillips
I’ve just received another Winterval alert, this time from a column by Melanie Phillips: Phillips’s main subject this week is the Mail on Sunday’s dubious claim that the BBC have decided to stop using BC and AD in dates. After a few… Read more
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The Winterval myth is still going strong
Remember the myth about Winterval? As the legend goes, Birmingham City Council changed the name of Christmas to “Winterval” in 1997 and 1998 as part of a sinister conspiracy to stamp out Christianity from public life. It’s a great story, and one… Read more
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The media myth that is Winterval
If there’s one media myth that is particularly prevalent around this time of year, it’s the myth of Winterval. It’s wheeled out by the media every year and has even managed to grasp the attention of the odd politician too. The myth is that, in… Read more
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