Christmas Dinner Hurts Mother Earth - What?

Every year Liberty Counsel issues an annual Xmas Retail Boycott list of companies that are censoring Christmas. They also issue a list of companies that celebrate Christmas. You can see their lists for 2025 here… Liberty Counsel Issues Annual Xmas Retail Boycott List.

As long as we have been reporting the news here at Changing Worldviews, over the past 23 years we've sited certain stories of what could be considered anti-Christmas. And I was reminded of one we reported on back in 2007 about how Christmas dinner, of all things, hurts mother earth. It would be funny if these folks were joking, but they weren’t…

“The BBC reports that A carbon footprint equivalent to 6,000 car journeys around the world, or 51,000 tons of carbon dioxide, will be produced by Christmas dinner in the UK.

Cranberry sauce alone, which is normally imported to Britain from North America, contributes half the carbon footprint related to transport, as calculated by those doing the study on the production, processing and transportation costs of the festive ingredients, for one third of the UK population that they estimate eats a typical Christmas dinner.

Professor Adisa Azapagic, from the University of Manchester, said: "Food production and processing are responsible for three quarters of the total carbon footprint, with the largest proportion - 60% - being related to the life cycle of the turkey. All stages in the supply chain have been considered, including raising the turkey, growing the vegetables, food storage, consumer shopping, cooking the meal at home and waste management. This includes the emissions of carbon dioxide due to energy consumption along the turkey supply chain and the emissions of methane and nitrous oxide generated due to the agricultural activities to raise the turkey." Read the Full Story here.

You know what's really unbelievable about this? These folks get paid, get grants. Get big bucks to do this kind of ‘research!’

So, why is it that such ‘research’ gets it wrong so much of the time? Well, that’s a topic for another time, but I’ll say this…usually there’s an agenda behind the nonsense at worse, or just naive ignorance at best.

For instance, remember when the 'experts' told us that coffee and chocolate and eggs were bad for us? But now they are good for us?

Common sense is a great discerner to have. Bottom line for me is…if God made it we can eat it...as He created it, not the adulterated or ultra processed by man.

Feast and family meals are a part of celebrating, so, don’t let any ‘grinch’ steal your joy this holiday season.

Happy Eating!