Santa's going to leave him a lump of coal in his stocking for ignoring the Imam on this one.
>Apparently Ahmadinejad hasn't been consulting the "Islam QA" web site or reading Free Republic: Is it permissible for Muslims to take part in their festivals, such as Christmas?
I think this is a more accurate picture of how Muslims actually respond to Christmas: http://www.childrens-express.org/dynamic/public/being_muslim_090104.htm.
or this: http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/global/Global_News_Headlines/MuslimsWhoCelebrateChristmas.asp
Ahmadinejad is a Shi'ite. The website linked to on the page you've linked to is Sunni. Ahmadinejad does not care what they have to say about Christmas, or anything else. Furthermore, Shi'ites only recognize as Imams a limited number of Muhammad's direct descendants; their usage of the term is quite different than the Sunni imam. Ahmadinejad's supreme religious leader is Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and I'm fairly certain he's authorized Ahmadinejad's propaganda outreach to Christians. The Supreme Leader can make life very difficult for an intransigent president, and we can assume that the two agree on all major matters of international relations.