The internet dishes mixed reactions to a bakery replacing baby Jesus with a sausage roll

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Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, a little sausage roll laid down its sweet… whatever sausage rolls have instead of heads. 

UK bakery chain and national symbol of pride Greggs came under fire recently after they used an image of the baby Jesus replaced with a sausage roll to promote their new advent calendar.

I would gladly swap everything I’ve ever made to have created this image for the @GreggsOfficial Christmas calendar – pic.twitter.com/CtAHHxGF7q

— Jason Scott (@Jason_scott) November 15, 2017 Read more…

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