Can you hear the gritted teeth?

The BBC  report that:

'Councils are being urged to celebrate the "Christian basis" of Christmas.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said "politically correct Grinches" should not be allowed to obscure the fact the festival marks Christ's birth.

He said festivals like "Winterval" - which combined secular and inter-faith elements in 1990s Birmingham - should be consigned to history's "dustbin".'

Is it my imagination or can I hear teeth being gritted at the, oh so, politically correct BBC?