Alternative Christmas Messages -Ahmadinejad and Others

The Presidential and Royal Christmas messages tend to surreal blandness, so Channel 4 have an "alternative Christmas message" every year.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to deliver Channel 4's alternative Christmas speech to Britain this year, it was reported.

Ahmadinejad will deliver his speech at 7.15pm London time and will be telling British viewers that "Jesus the Son of Mary is the standard-bearer of justice, of love for our fellow human beings, of the fight against tyranny, discrimination, and injustice," Iran's Press TV quoted the preliminary text of the message.

He also says that problems in society are rooted in the rejection of the message of the prophets of God, including Jesus.

Ahmadinejad's speech, in Farsi with English subtitles, will be the channel's 16th alternative Christmas message.

Channel 4's first alternative message in 1993 was delivered by gay icon Quentin Crisp. Others to have given the broadcast include French actress Brigitte Bardot, while last year's message was given by Maj Andrew Stockton, a British soldier who lost an arm fighting in Afghanistan

Please post your personal "Alternative Christmas Messages" here.

Happy Easter from all at the Alzeimers Association and best wishes for 1982!

I always enjoy the Queen's Speech I must say. Will be fun to watch Ahmadinejad, glad to see C4 are keeping up their history of putting interesting people on, even if they often don't quite live up to expectation.