The Bishop of Croydon has attacked some of the UK’s favourite Christmas carols as “nonsense”.
The Rt Rev Nick Baines said hymns such as Away in a Manger had helped perpetuate an image of Christmas more to do with Victorian sentiment than the Gospel story.
“I always find it a slightly bizarre sight when I see parents and grandparents at a nativity play singing ‘Away in a manger’ as if it actu
