Darebin Council has received backlash for refraining from using the word “Christmas” in their December campaigns, opting for the tagline “Darebin Celebrates”.

Darebin City Council CEO Michael Tudball joined 3AW Drive to detail why the council aren’t using the word “Christmas” as part of their campaigns.

“We are absolutely celebrating Christmas, we’ve got Christmas trees, we’ve got reindeers,” Mr Tudball told Heidi Murphy.

Click PLAY to listen to the full conversation with Michael Tudball on 3AW 

“I think we’ve been unfairly criticised in one of the newspapers.”

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