Posted on 12/12/2025 7:50:51 AM PST by MtnClimber
“We’re saying Merry Christmas again!” President Trump declared recently, referring to the politically correct social pressure Christians sometimes feel to downplay the holiday greeting in order to be more “inclusive” of non-Christians. For decades now, as the culture has become more secular, references to Christ have been gradually drained from the season celebrating His birth: schools have changed “Christmas break” to “winter break”; Christmas tree lighting ceremonies have become “Winter” or “Holiday” tree lightings; and most notoriously, “Happy Holidays” has replaced “Merry Christmas” in many chain stores, advertisements, and corporate settings.
Some claim that the idea of a “war on Christmas” in America is overstated – that’s debatable – but there unquestionably is one being waged in Europe: a war of attrition, as the surging Islamization of the continent formerly known as Christendom further marginalizes a Christianity already in steep decline. As globalist elites like the leadership of the European Union prioritize avoiding offense over preserving heritage, Christian symbols and nomenclature are increasingly sidelined or excised. And as mass Muslim immigration reshapes demographics and imports jihadist violence to the continent, Christmastime now brings more security concerns than holiday joy.
Below are four examples from just the last month alone, in which Christmas markets or celebrations in Europe have been either fully shut down or placed under significantly heightened security measures due to elevated terror threats. These stem from ongoing concerns about incidents like the 2024 Magdeburg attack in which a Saudi refugee living in Germany killed 6 people and injured 338 others by plowing his car through a Christmas market. This and numerous past jihadist attacks at Christmas have made concrete barriers, patrols, surveillance, and in some cases, cancellations common:
- The Overath Christmas market, a traditional event in this German town of about 27,000 residents, was fully canceled for 2025. Organizers cited an inability to afford the mandatory anti-terror measures, including barriers, surveillance systems, and extra guards required by authorities after the Magdeburg attack;- The Warsaw Christmas market has been fortified with extensive concrete barriers and barriers installed around key sites to prevent vehicle ramming attacks. This response to high Islamist terror fears has transformed the event into a heavily patrolled zone, with Polish authorities echoing European-wide alerts for large gatherings during the holiday season;
-France’s Interior Ministry has ordered “maximum vigilance” and enhanced protections for the Strasbourg market, including soldier deployments for visible deterrence, additional checkpoints, and intelligence mobilization. This follows a “very high” terror threat level, referencing the 2018 ISIS-inspired attack that killed five at the same site, with similar vehicle-ramming risks noted across the country;
-Germany is being hammered by soaring security costs (up 44% in three years) due to persistent threats. Frankfurt am Mainhas shelled out £3,480,000 for Christmas-market anti-vehicle and crowd-protection systems. Dresden has spent £1,479,000 on reinforced access protection, mobile vehicle stoppers and perimeter lock-down equipment. Berlin’s iconic Breitscheidplatz market, where a 32-tonne truck was driven through crowds leaving 12 dead in 2016, has paid out £157,000 for private security and protective entry controls.
Below are additional examples which go beyond mere security fortifications into the deliberate dilution of Christian religious identity:
- Belgium: Vandalism and Suppression of Nativity Symbols Late last month, migrants in an unspecified Belgian town decapitated a statue of the Christ child in a public Nativity scene, sparking outrage on social media. Local authorities responded not with a robust defense of the display but by quietly removing remaining religious icons from nearby holiday setups, citing “community sensitivities.” Other reports indicate that in several municipalities, residents claim outright prohibitions on public Christmas celebrations, replaced by generic “winter festivals” featuring Palestinian flags and calls to avoid “imposing” Christian traditions;
- France: Majority of Cities Eliminate Christian References Following the 2018 Strasbourg attack, French officials have accelerated the purge of overt Christianity from holiday events. By this month, a majority of cities—including Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse—have opted for “Winter Illuminations” or “Festive Markets” devoid of Nativity scenes, midnight masses in public spaces, or even the word “Christmas” in official promotions. In Nantes, for instance, the traditional crèche was swapped for an abstract “light installation” to “embrace diversity,” while school programs reframe the holiday as a secular “end-of-year gathering.” Critics argue this stems from the same post-attack secular drift that now caters to growing Muslim populations;
- England: School Pantomimes Stripped of Christmas Elements At Wherwell Primary School in Andover, Hampshire, the 2024 festive pantomime was purged of all Christmas references—songs, trees, and mentions of Christ—to foster “inclusivity.” Headteacher communications explicitly noted parental opt-outs from Muslim families as the rationale, despite Christians comprising over 62% of the local population versus 0.6% Muslims (according to a 2021 census). This mirrors a nationwide pattern in UK schools, where carol concerts are rebranded “winter assemblies” and nativity plays diluted into multicultural fables. Such moves, ostensibly to prevent exclusion, effectively erase the holiday’s Christian core, prioritizing the Muslim minority over the historic faith of the majority;
- Denmark: Long-Standing Cancellation of School Christmas Events Since 2011, Danish kindergartens and primary schools—particularly in immigrant-heavy urban areas like Copenhagen’s ghettos—have abandoned traditional Christmas celebrations to avoid offending Muslim pupils, who form the second-largest religious group. In 2025, this policy persists and expands: Aarhus schools, for example, now host “Yule Feasts” focused on pagan Nordic elements like evergreens and feasting, omitting prayers, hymns, or biblical stories. Organizers cite “cultural harmony” amid rising Islamist influence, but the result is a hollowed-out tradition that severs ties to Denmark’s Lutheran roots, turning Advent into a generic solstice party.
In yet another telling example, Berlin will host an upcoming Christmas tour under the slogan “Decolonizing Christmas,” The European Conservative reported. In an event made possible by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, visitors are invited to take a guided tour of the Christmas garden at the Friedenskirche Charlottenburg, highlighting the “colonial and discriminatory images” in the Christmas story. It’s unclear in what conceivable way “images” from the Christmas story could be deemed “colonial and discriminatory,” but the obvious intent is the neo-Marxist deconstruction and destruction of Christian tradition.
Imam Seyran Ates, founder of a liberal mosque and a former lawyer, denounced the project as “absurd.” She noted that during Ramadan, traditional lighting is installed for Muslim communities. She also pointed out the growing influence of Islamic practices in German schools, such as gender segregation, enforcing wearing a headscarf, or serving halal food. Meanwhile, the attempt is underway to “deinstall” Christianity from the culture.
One final example: in a Substack post titled, “Hating Jesus In Vienna For Christmas,” author Rod Dreher (Live Not By Lies) posted about “an exhibition of shocking blasphemy” at the Kunstlerhaus museum in Vienna, launched just in time for this holy season. The exhibit features a bearded, trans-identifying, Bangladeshi male clearly intended to portray Mary, the mother of Christ, cradling a baby doll. The “artwork” is titled, “I am the Mother, too.” The exhibit includes other blasphemous pieces as well – blasphemous against Christianity, of course. Curiously, none of the artwork targets Islam.
Imagine European authorities imposing similar cancellations of Islamic celebrations or traditions, or museums hosting artists who blaspheme against Allah and the Muslim prophet Muhammad. It is unthinkable, and we all know why the European elites and “artists” dare not do so.
The aforementioned examples reveal a pattern: what begins as accommodation for newcomers evolves into outright cultural capitulation, in which Europe’s Christian patrimony is deemed too provocative for polite society. The spiritual heart of Christmas—its proclamation of Christ’s incarnation—is being quietly interred beneath layers of multicultural euphemisms and security barriers.
Christian Europe is dying, not from old age, but from a deliberate political choice: the mass importation of millions whose creed regards the public celebration of Christ’s birth as, at best, blasphemy and, at worst, an act of provocation deserving of violent retribution. The secular, globalist architects of this transformation — the likes of France’s Macron, Germany’s Merkel, the EU’s von der Leyen, and the entire Brussels nomenklatura — never asked the indigenous peoples of Europe whether they wished to trade peaceful Christmas markets for counter-terrorism architecture. They simply opened the borders, waved through endless streams of military-age males from a culture that considers Christmas a theological affront, and then smeared any citizens who complained of the new “diversity” as racists and Islamophobes.
The result is a two-pronged erasure of Europe’s Christian soul. The first prong is raw violence and the fear it produces: markets shuttered, events cancelled, public spaces surrendered before the aggression of an enemy already within the gates. The second, more insidious prong is the voluntary “de-Christianization” performed by terrified or ideologically compliant authorities. The message is clear: the public expression of Europe’s founding faith is now conditional on the veto power of its newest and most intolerant arrivals.
A civilization that must surround celebrations of its Savior’s birth with anti-tank barriers and submachine guns has already admitted which religion currently projects the greater confidence, the greater will to power. Islam, in the famous phrase, now appears to be the “strong horse,” which advances not just through force, but through the willing abdication of a waning Christian culture.
Not all the news is grim. In the UK, for example, the activist organization Unite the Kingdom, led by firebrand Tommy Robinson, is rallying believers for a Christmas celebration at Whitehall in Central London called “United For Christ This Christmas.” It will feature “Bible readings, worship, testimonies, and the beginning of a new Christian revival in the UK,” and promises a huge, controversial turnout. But the fact that such a pushback is even necessary speaks volumes about the declining Christian faith in the UK.
The church bells still ring at Christmastime, but they are beginning to sound like a funeral toll for a continent that has chosen suicide by virtue-signaling. Unless the European peoples find the courage to revolt against the anti-European elites and reverse the policies that have turned Advent into a security perimeter, then this year’s canceled markets will become the coming decade’s canceled civilization.
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The jihadis seem to be winning.
Jesus Wins
Thankfully.
Only in this lifetime.
In Portland they are
Everyone will celebrate the muslim whatever’s or else , DEATH
The Terrorists are back and this time they are Government approved
Not much in the way of such lockdowns here. That’s especially true in red states that respect the Second Amendment. Indeed, it’s probably because of the Second Amendment.
Part of the worldwide push to eliminate Christianity in Europe.
And it is a total mystery as to why Christmas markets must be shut down. Total mystery....
Bring back Christmas markets to Germany—and to the rest of Europe!
If the muslims can’t stand them, they should get out of Europe!
Diversity is our Strength!
Get out of NATO.
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