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"Père Noel" Is

Burnt ; At The Stake ;

STAFF CORRESPONDENT |

LONDON, Dec. 27.-A I young French priest, Abbe '.

Nourrissat, of Dijon, has j

caused a country-wide con- troversy by burning Father

Christmas "at the stake" in '

the town square before j 2,000 cheering children and j parents. ,

The priest explained: "Wo ' considered Pere Noel (Father . Christmas) had become an im

poster, causing people to I celebrate a pagan festival and to forget the true religious meaning of Christmas."

But pro-Father Christmas | parents organised a counter , demonstration and a "real .

life" Father Christmas was j hoisted on to the roof of the [

town hall, brilliantly lit by

searchlights, while a second. , mounted on a scooter, sped . defiantly through the streets I scattering the anti-Father ¡

Christmas factions. ,

As the controversy raged on the front pages of French newspapers, a leading, lawyer

and French M.P., protested: ¡ "This persecution of Father

Christmas is idiotic and I

lamentable."

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