I used to love Christingle – until I discovered what my church thought of trans people
Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 12.02 EST Growing up, my family was what I would now describe as culturally Church of England. Ours was the scenic, zero-commitment kind of Christianity. We grew up thinking of it as utterly default, in a way I donât think kids would any more, even in deepest Kent. My siblings and I were christened and went to CofE village schools. We learned about other religious holidays but never saw evidence of them. We were not religious â no one was. By which I mean, we only went to church at Christmas. Specifically, we would go to Christingle, the magical serv...