ASIANS love Christmas and that's official! A survey has been carried out across the West Midlands in response to the claims that people from Asian communities are offended by Christmas festivities such as nativity plays and carol singing. The questionnaire, carried out by Apnalounge.com, a social website for Asians, found that 62 per cent of respondents look forward to Christmas. At the same time, 87 per cent said they would be very angry if Christmas was "banned" and Asians were blamed. Indi Singh, of Apnalounge, said: "We did our own survey to destroy the myth that Asian people are against Christmas. We found absolutely no evidence of Asian religious minorities being offended by Christmas as a religious and social festival, carol services, nativity plays nor traditional British religious worship. "A minority of Asians in the UK are indifferent but not offended by Christmas. "There is resentment as people believe Asians are to blame for nativity plays being banned. It's not us but we are still being framed for a crime we did not commit." Apnalounge is to present a petition to the Queen on January 3 calling for a law making it criminal libel to repeat the myth that Asians are offended by Christmas. Indi added: "We want a law guaranteeing nativity plays, carol services, traditional Christmas religious worship and festivity. "We need to stop this resentment and get the message out. That is why we are getting Asian girls and other models to wear T-shirts saying "Asians love Christmas". "We are urging all Asians to be seen to be not offended by Christmas." The T-shirts were modelled at the recent Clothes Show Live at the NEC. Among respondents, sisters Jas, Anita and Jo from Handsworth said: "We are all Christians and worship in a Punjabi Christian Church. "We are doubly offended when Asians are scapegoated for banning Christian education and worship." The survey involved 512 Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Christians in Birmingham and the Black Country, as well as London and Leicester, between November 3 and December 3. | 
