Christmas not Happy Holidays

Last night we had a visitation from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo himself. He managed to negotiate the chimney stack despite the bunch of pressies which he carried. Esmeralda made sure he was suitably dressed in red so as not to show up the soot. Unfortunately he forgot to pay for the parking of his sleigh outside, and received a PCN to add to the millions which he has already accumulated last night.

I really hate this Happy Holidays BS. Yet another prime example of garbage we have to endure that stems from across the pond. It's Merry Christmas you bunch of morons!

It's time humanists, who have a right to their views left those of us who have different beliefs
to conduct ourselves as we will so long as we do unto others as we would ourselves be done to
keep an eye on unreported world on the tv the buddists of mid thailand are having a hard time
thee are few more peaceful peoples in the world hope my god blesses them a minority of politicised muslimsare terrorising buddist school teachers Live and let Live

Sadly the birth of christas celebrated by christians irrespective of pagan beliefs has been hijacked byby the modern Idol of money and greed. most kids are just like they always were at heart with simple things until the turmoil of tennage hormones combines with themarketing world pursuasive in its object ive to have us believe we need what we do not
in business I saw enough of marketing and ad agencies to know thata good 75% of marketing is legalised lyingbut then no matter whether you have religion or not you can be tainted by the rubbish they come out with sadly those at the most impressionable age scream loudest if these false dreams are not pandared toot he old adage kiss keep it simple stupid could well be employedduring the festive season be it divali hannuka christmas or ancient pagan ritual live and let live happy whatever to you and a peaceful new year

Christmas too stressful yes if you waste rediculous amounts of money to make up for not being around your kids the rest of the year and if you want to keep up with the joneses

i'm sick of the media and others pillorying the beliefs of others a billion muslims a billion christians
another billion made up of seihksbuddists,jews/rastashindus and others means nearly half of those on the planet have a belief system£billions in social care is provided by these religions in terms of bereavement and marriage counselling99.999% of these people are law bideing live and let live people expansionism and greed cause many more wars than religion ever did
christmas would be fine it's the materialism that has spoiled it and made it a stressful nightmare for those who do not have the discipline to contain their spending to what they can afford!

A reductive fallacy at work here, and a raw reification of the content of the Christian mythology. Gawd! If only we can all just set aside one day a year for some breath of existential TM, let's bury the hatchet in the hallowed name of Humanism.

Besides, why deny the little angels in our home the delight of a simple fantasy? Even I succumb to the it, and I'm not a totally nice and agreeable guy. If this be my bromide, I'm all for it. Merry Christmas nonetheless, Bud.

Have fun. Celebrate Jebus being nailed to the Yule log and chucked on the fire of eternity. His ma was a whore, His wife also. Ask where the treasure is, 'cos there's gotta be some somewhere. Frank don't make no sense, Myrrh Myrh. Have it away in a manger, at least once in royal David's city. And if three so-called wise guys come knocking at your door, they're a bunch of con men.

This is the nothing but the birth of a celebrity. Get me outta here. Ask where the umbilical cord is. And does the baby have a tummy button. They're illegal aliens, and haven't got proper papers. And that house of God? That's nothing but the House of Big Brother. It's all unreality TV.

Follow the star and end-up in the boozer.

Nikki is right. The kindred spirit of the Season about to descend upon us is transcendental Grinches begone and let also the warm glow of the fireside warm our hearts and uplift our spirits. I love it, that warmth kindled by the bibbing of Celtic Crossing and Jinro. Kahlua, Tia Maria?

Glad tidings!

Indeed, this I find irritating too and yet another fine example of how the Yanks get it all wrong. Christmas is Christmas, not plain old happy holidays.

Further to the last post (and digressing wildly): Cadbury's Caramel Easter Eggs were seen in the window of my local deli on the 17th December. As my (not particularly religious) sister said "not even born yet, and already raising Him from the dead"...
And my 'favourite supermarket in the whole wide world', the 'very lovely' Tesco, currently has shelves groaning under the weight of Mini Eggs and Creme Eggs... I know Easter is early this year, but does anyone know how long chocolate can be stored without going off...?

Forget Christmas, Easter eggs will be in the shops next week, Can't wait for the sales? They started weeks ago, so buy buy buy. What's up with everyone, you don't need it.