Christian parents of students at a London school are speaking out after the staff deleted “Lord” from the song Away in a Manger and replaced it with “baby” in a Christmas program so as not to offend non-Christian families.
The organization Christian Concern says a mom, known only as “Margarita,” learned of the change when she picked up her children from Whitehall Primary School in Chingford, East London.
“They were so upset, saying to me: ‘Mummy, today in assembly the headteacher told everybody that she would be changing the words to the Christmas song.’ I was so shocked,” the mother said. “As a family, we go to church, pray together and celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus as the Son of God.”
The children will sing the revised son during a nativity at a local church.
First published in the late 1800s, Away in a Manger’s first verse reads: “Away in a manger, no crib for His bed; The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head; The stars in the sky looked down where He lay; The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.”
The school, though, is changing each mention of “Lord Jesus” to “baby Jesus.”
The headteacher reportedly said the lyric was changed “so all pupils can participate in the celebration.”
Margarita met with the headteacher, who confirmed the change, according to Christian Concern. Margarita says that the tweak to the…
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