...but Christmas is nearly upon us. I feel I've done pretty well to ignore its commercial existence and hold out until now, but it's now dawned on me, bah humbug, that there's not much time left.
Now at this point I want to make something fairly clear - I love Christmas. Me and the wife celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary this year, just two days before Christmas, we loved the idea of getting all our friends, as well as family, together around then and getting married and then having a Christmas dinner with both our families the day before Christmas, so did just that.
What I don't like is when shops start putting up their decorations in August. It just annoys me. It's got nothing to do with Christmas and everything to do with commercialism. I realise this is no astounding new insight for anyone but it just annoys me.
But the other day V told me she wanted to get out the CDs of carols to listen to. So while she's off Christmas shopping today with her Dad and I'm out at work she's got my iPod with the carols CDs on them, 'cos she loves them so much.
So here we go then, the mad rush finally commences!
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It annoys me too but then I thought (and this might interest you coz it's kinda boring), what would happen to our economy if we took the commercialism out of Christmas? A lot of money is spent and made at this time of year. Many businesses depend on the Christmas season and a lot of jobs are available as a result. I think our society might suffer considerably were we to make Christmas less commercial. I know that isn't necessarily something to preach from a pulpit but it's something to think about Mr Andy "I think the unemployment rate is too low and I want to get rid of Christmas so that people lose their jobs and have to starve to death with their children on the streets" Hill.
Good to have the old Glynn back. If only so I can once more justifiably say these words:
Glynn, you're an idiot.
One thing though: why is it that when people go down the route of taking things to the 'nth' degree (as Glyn has here) they always bring up people's children?
Bringing up people's children?
You shouldn't eat them in the first place.
Oh, I dunno John... lightly grilled with a bit of garlic butter they taste pretty good...
Andy, what's happened to you???
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