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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Fury as Charity Airbrushes the Word ‘Easter’ From Forthcoming Holiday   
   Event   
      
   A furious archbishop has accused a major charity of “spitting” on   
   Christian heritage by airbrushing the word “Easter” out of an upcoming   
   holiday event.   
      
   John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, took aim at the UK’s National Trust,   
   which for the first time attempted to market a children’s Easter event   
   without mentioning the festival by name.   
      
   The trust, a non-profit which preserves historic castles, gardens, abbeys and   
   other sites, invites children every year to take part in an Easter Egg Hunt.   
      
   During the event, children look for chocolate eggs – a seasonal gift which   
   signifies the rebirth of Christ – hidden around the grounds of the majestic   
   British properties.   
      
   However, this year the Trust gave the event a corporate rebrand, instead   
   calling it “Cadbury’s Great British Egg Hunt”, a reference to the   
   Cadbury chocolate brand which supplies the eggs.   
      
   Marketing material for the egg hunt, which does not mention “Easter” in   
   its title   
      
   The switch – part of a wider trend which has seen Easter’s Christian roots   
   de-emphasized – enraged Archbishop Sentamu, who said it was a disgrace to   
   the Christian faith of founder John Cadbury.   
      
   He told the Daily Telegraph: “He built houses for all his workers, he built   
   a church, he made provision for schools. It is obvious that for him Jesus and   
   justice were two sides of the one coin.   
      
   “To drop Easter from Cadbury’s Easter Egg Hunt in my book is tantamount to   
   spitting on the grave of Cadbury.”   
      
   British Prime Minister Theresa May – whose father was a clergyman –   
   weighed in on the controversy, and said the National Trust’s stance was   
   “ridiculous”.   
      
   Both the National Trust and Cadbury denied “airbrushing” Christianity out   
   of the event, and said the word “Easter” was mentioned elsewhere in their   
   marketing material.   
      
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