When I was a tot way back in the 1950's my mum used to get one or two of the 'Thomas The Tank Engine' books from the library each week. I was an ardent fan, even though I couldn't read.
I recently watched an episode of 'Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends' on TV and was amazed at the quality of CGI presentation. Things really did look just as I remembered them in the books all those years ago.
The narrator sounded like Ringo Starr, of all people, but he's not referenced here.
But here's the rub. Thomas was involved in some kind of seasonal adventure regarding the delivery of a Christmas tree. And at the end we saw it decked with baubles and flashing fairy-lights, as the children stood about cheering. But the uber-politically-correct voice-over simply referred to a 'winter-holiday party'. What...???
That'll be the BBC, steadfastly hell-bent on erasing any reference to Britain's Christian heritage. Thomas doesn't have Christmas any more. It's kind of ironic that they're happy to peddle these obsolescent stories about steam engines - something modern kids have probably never seen and can have no idea of the romance they once evoked - but an obsolescent religion? We can't have that!!
The BBC make me sick. 'Winter-holiday party' - why do you suppose we have a winter-holiday party, you loonytunes? It's Christmas!
And here's the irony: The story and characters were created by one Reverend Wilbert Awdry. No Christian connections there, then!
I recently watched an episode of 'Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends' on TV and was amazed at the quality of CGI presentation. Things really did look just as I remembered them in the books all those years ago.
The narrator sounded like Ringo Starr, of all people, but he's not referenced here.
But here's the rub. Thomas was involved in some kind of seasonal adventure regarding the delivery of a Christmas tree. And at the end we saw it decked with baubles and flashing fairy-lights, as the children stood about cheering. But the uber-politically-correct voice-over simply referred to a 'winter-holiday party'. What...???
That'll be the BBC, steadfastly hell-bent on erasing any reference to Britain's Christian heritage. Thomas doesn't have Christmas any more. It's kind of ironic that they're happy to peddle these obsolescent stories about steam engines - something modern kids have probably never seen and can have no idea of the romance they once evoked - but an obsolescent religion? We can't have that!!
The BBC make me sick. 'Winter-holiday party' - why do you suppose we have a winter-holiday party, you loonytunes? It's Christmas!
And here's the irony: The story and characters were created by one Reverend Wilbert Awdry. No Christian connections there, then!