In the past, the message has been delivered by Danny Dyer and John Bercow. <\/p>
Since 1993, Channel 4 has broadcast the Alternative Christmas<\/a> Message, which often airs at the same time as the traditional King\u2019s (formerly Queen\u2019s) speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n In previous years, it has been delivered by Edward Snowden, John Bercow<\/a> and, more recently, Ameca<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s most advanced robots.<\/p>\n This year, the message will be delivered by a familiar face to many, with an impassioned plea to recognise and call out anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about this year\u2019s Alternative Christmas Message and who will be delivering it.<\/p>\n Actor and comedian Stephen Fry<\/strong> will be delivering the Alternative Christmas Message this year.<\/p>\n In his message, Fry will reveal he has been driven to overtly claim his Jewish heritage in order to stand up to anti-Semitism and \u201chateful abuse\u201d.<\/p>\n In the deeply personal speech, Fry celebrates how far Britain has come in accepting and tolerating difference since his youth.<\/p>\n He reveals that when he was growing up, he feared he would not be accepted for his sexuality, but that he never suspected it would be his Jewish heritage that would make him afraid of how others behaved.<\/p>\n \u201cOne truth about myself, however, that I never thought for one single second would ever be an issue about which I had any cause to worry in this country, was that I\u2019m a Jew,\u201d he says.<\/p> In a plea of solidarity, Fry calls on everyone to stand up to anti-Semitism as we would any form of racism.<\/p>\n He says: \u201cStanding upright means speaking up and calling out venomous slurs and hateful abuse wherever you encounter them.<\/p>\n \u201cKnowing and loving this country as I do, I don\u2019t believe that most Britons are OK living in a society that judges hatred of Jews to be the one acceptable form of racism.<\/p>\n \u201cSo speak up, stand with us, be proud to be Jewish or Jew-ish \u2013 or, if not Jewish at all, proud to have us as much a part of this great nation as any other minority, as any of you.\u201d<\/p>\n The Alternative Christmas Message will be broadcast at 5:10pm on Christmas Day<\/strong> (Monday 25th December) on Channel 4<\/strong>.<\/p> Who is delivering the Alternative Christmas Message 2023?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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