Tom Harwood is perplexed after a museum suggested that Father Christmas was too white.
Brighton and Hove Museums claimed Father Christmas needs to be "decolonised" over "problems" with the "white" festive figure and his naughty list.
Reacting to the story, Good Afternoon Britain hosts Tom Harwood said: ‘Father Christmas can’t help it if he’s white. He’s born white.’
Co-host Olivia Utley agreed, saying: ‘It’s not his fault.’
The spokesman for Brighton and Hove Museums said: "This blog post was written in 2023 as part of our Culture Change work.
"As museum educators, our role is not to tell people what is right or wrong, but to help audiences look at history and culture from more than one point of view and to create opportunities for discussion and debate, just as we do when interpreting art, objects and historic places.
"The piece about Father Christmas was intended to prompt reflection rather than prescribe how anyone should celebrate Christmas.
"It looks at how familiar stories are shaped, whose perspectives they centre, and how they might be explored when we include viewpoints beyond a white Western perspective.
"Encouraging curiosity, critical thinking and conversation is a core part of museum education.
"Presenting different ways of understanding cultural stories, including festive ones, is part of that work, and people are free to agree or disagree."
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