Who Killed Father Christmas?

Yep Jesus' Birthday celebrations are fast approaching... [Although being a reborn again athiest the religous conertations of this are completely wasted on me...]

It's the time of year for us all to get together; be nice to each other and most importantly of all, spend a little quality time with the people we care for and show them how much we love them... :-)

Or alternatively, be selfish and go on a Christmas break to get away from the obscene extremes of this most vulgar capitalist ritual which are thrust upon us...

That's right; Barcelona is awaiting RB and my arrival... Escape is just around the corner... :-)

[ Sing along... Use the Coke Advert Rhythm but change the words from 'Holidays Are coming to' - 'Barcelona is coming' and repeat :-) ]

OK so we haven't escaped completely... I'm cooking the Christmas Fare at the outlaws on the Big day and doing my folks Boxing Day, but after that its Farewell and Ado... :-)

Christmas has lost all of its appeal to me; indeed maybe I'm turning into a bit of an old scrooge... But I find myself looking back and remembering how much fun and how exciting Christmas used to be for me... Alas now though I can live without it... Why though? What has changed? Is it me?

I think as mentioned above it's the massive commercialisation of the whole event that grinds at me the most. It seems no longer about spending good quality time with family and friends and being merry to boot. No, now it's all about money... 1001 ways have been devised in which to extracted your cash from your wallet, all sold to us by marketing strategies based on cheap attempts to make us feel guilty about ourselves if we don't pay out wads of money....

Is it just me? Have greed and expectation overtaken all our lives?

Anyway... If your Particular Religion of choice celibrates this event may your god bless you... If not and/or have a good one, drink, be merry and spread a little love :-)

Ciao Ciao
Confused from Chichester

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