Every way one thinks of this comes out absurd. Of course they were singing Italian carols and not English ones, but the effect is no doubt the same: “Peru, Lord, at thy birth”? “Peru, the light of the world”? Anyway, it’s worse than absurd. It creates a cultural vacuum, and you know what they say about nature abhorring a vacuum. These children who are being brought up to believe that there is something a bit embarrassing and shameful about being Christian will soon enough be taught that it is quite noble and magnificent to be Muslim. Italy’s 1200-year history of resisting jihad conquest is doubtless already largely forgotten, and will soon be effaced altogether.

“‘Jesus’ replaced with ‘Perù’ in the Christmas carol in Italy not to offend Muslims,” European Post, January 1, 2018: