I guess that’s what comes of equating Christmas and snow.

But, Numbles, although you may well have eventually learned that a lot of Ethiopians are Christian (and perhaps that some not only know when Christmas is but even celebrate it twice a year), I fear that you will never learn the nature of the real mistake you made, which was to assume that spitting cynical venom at parties unable to defend themselves without regard to some simple facts is acceptable just because it seems funny to you or because you think it makes you look clever.

It’s a lesson worth learning, as it will help you to avoid looking like a… now what’s the term I’m looking for?… a “stupid fuck”..?

On the other hand, it would deprive everyone of the fun of witnessing someone berating people for cultural insensitivity in a way that demonstrates (pricelessly) their own.

I’m just looking for a bit of peace and goodwill to all men, dude. Tis the season, and all that.

It would be very strange had they not heard of it, seeing as Christianity has had a presence in Ethiopia pretty much since the beginning (the Ethiopian Orthodox Church remains the largest of the non-Chalcedonian Orthodox churches). African churches in general represent one of the world’s fastest-growing Christian communities and, as recent debates about the status of homosexuality within the church have shown, an increasingly influential one.

Cynicism is an ugly thing at the best of times; it’s insufferable when compounded by ignorance.

*eyeroll*