The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, spelt out the meaning of Christmas earlier in the week when he switched on the Christmas lights for Lambeth Council together with Kevin Spacey.
"Christmas is the Christian's Christmas present to everybody else," he said. "Christmas, for a Christian, tells us why people matter. They matter because God took us seriously - seriously enough to get involved with our lives, to suffer with us and change things. That is what I believe. That is what Christians believe and Christmas exists because of that belief."
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