[QUOTE=JunkFoodGenius] and most of Africa couldn't care about Christmas/QUOTE]
Actually the early Chrisitian church has a strong history in Africa, especially in Ethiopia where the whole Band Aid relief effort was focussed, so they were probably very aware of Christmas - which only goes to support your point about the sanctimonious tone of the song.
(PS - not a Christian myself, by any means)
My own favourite song of this type from this era is "Sun City".
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