Mall blocks Christmas song to avoid ‘religious bias’
Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre – one of Europe’s biggest – has blocked a performance of a classic Christmas song because it claims it must be “impartial on religion”.
Shopping centre chiefs had been asked if they would allow a ‘flash mob’ to entertain shoppers with a surprise rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah.
The proposal was inspired by a similar event in Canada where a flash mob sang the chorus in a shopping mall food court.