It's not that I'm a total Bah Humbug, but there are a number of reasons why I feel this way.
Firstly I'm not religious in any way shape or form, personally I think they (Religion) are very much the fault of why we as a society are the way we are today - No one can dispute that as a society we are all pretty much messed up!
The true meaning of Christmas has been totally lost, all wrapped up (excuse the pun) in a splurge of commercialism that almost makes me physically sick!
This time of year, people spend too much money, that they don't necessarily have, on people who they don't necessarily like, on items the recipient either doesn't want or dislikes!
It's all a bit of a recipe for disaster!
Anyway, why wait till Christmas? I am of the opinion that if you want something now, then I will buy it now, (as long as I can afford it).
Christmas seems to start mid October, this year I saw a pub in August advertising it's Christmas menu! Bloody ridiculous!
In general I find that people on the run up to Christmas are short tempered, stressed out completely because that can't find the right scarf for Uncle Bill. The fact that Uncle Bill has 10 scarfs all ready, has nothing to do with it. He is in a nursing home, rarely goes out and to be honest would rather like a set of bibs as his dentures don't fit that good anymore and he tends to dribble his tea!
Christmas cards! Another great waste of time, money and natural resources! Yes it's nice to hear from Aunty Beryl, but you only saw her last Thursday and she wished you Happy Christmas then! The fact that another couple of hundred hectares of forest have been destroyed to make the amount of cards we send each year is immaterial!
Just to redress the balance a bit as it sounds that I am a real Grinch over Christmas I got my step daughter to decorate my Ural - I would like to think when people see me now at least they may stop, smile, point and say - look at that fat bloke on the motorbike!
If I can make just one person smile a day as a result of looking daft, then I feel I have done my bit to lighten the mood.
The journey continues..........
Looks like a great blog Jools, I look forward to reading back through it when I have time.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the Christmas thing, it got past tradition a long while ago and is just far too commercialised now. I gave up buying stuff for people a couple of years ago, to be honest I'd rather spend the money on a camping trip!
Hi Eunice - good to hear from you - hope all is well
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