It will soon be bloody Christmas
It’s just two months away
We’ve only got through Halloween
But almost every day
We get the adverts on TV,
With Christmas goods in shops;
And daily now the bonhomie
Once started, never stops.
I wouldn’t mind if it was close,
But six weeks seems so far;
For Christmas trees and fairy lights,
Topped with a flaming star.
It seems to come round earlier
With every passing year;
I think I’m turning into Scrooge,
I have his Christmas cheer!
elPintor
Wed 23rd Nov 2016 07:06
I appreciate your sentiments, Trevor..thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
elP
Don't get me wrong, I quite like Christmas as a secular feast myself (when it does actually get here!). There's nothing wrong with celebrating friendships and familyships(?) with parties, and giving/receiving gifts. Sometimes wish the spirit of Christmas lasted through the whole year - peace and goodwill to all men and all that! But the commercialisation is indeed way over the top.
One of my ways to protest about it is the cd 'Bah Humbug' that I trot out around this time of year, with tracks such as 'Santa Bloody Claus' and 'He's the Man Who Slits The Turkey's Throats At Christmas'.
OK, that's my Victor Meldrew moment over too!
elPintor
Wed 23rd Nov 2016 00:32
Why Trevor, dontcha know? If we don't buy christmas presents and all those bloody ridiculous decorations and put them up on black effin friday (an americanism, i know), millions of poorly fed chinese may starve..
Maybe when we finally truly become a secular society that isn't masquerading under archaic representations of a homogenized and bastardized religion, they'll finally change the name to what it is--National Capitalist Day..what an ironic way to overcome the reds...
bleck!
elP
btw
If you don't recognize it, my apologies, that's a right sarcastic rant that may make little sense to you. However, thanks for bringing this up..it makes me glad that I've chosen to pretty much ignore the whole rotten thing until the day it actually arrives.
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<Deleted User> (13762)
Wed 23rd Nov 2016 08:22
Ho Ho Ho - Christmas poems are coming round earlier and earlier too Trev
agree with elP - maybe Trump tearing up the Asian trade agreement might mean less Chinese tat coming your way. Alas not for us tho.
Merry Christmas!?