Strasbourg
In the Strasbourg news, the cross therefore became “the cross of the JVC”. And at the stalls at the Christmas market, which opens on November 25, it will be sold “under stock” alongside ties, bottle openers and ashtrays, according to the 2022 list of prohibited and permitted products. Sent to merchants by the City of Strasbourg. “Who sold crucifixes?” wondered Bernard Xibault, chancellor of the archdiocese of Strasbourg. At Christkindelsmärik, literally Alsatian for “Baby Jesus Market”, which appeared five hundred years ago, “At the Protestant stand there may be crosses on pottery or book covers. But mostly they sell Nativity scenes and santons.”, the priest observes. And many other products that have nothing to do with Christmas anymore.
According to the participant of the meeting organized by the municipality, the cross would even appear in the list of “forbidden for sale” objects. But given the feedback…
Source: Le Figaro
