please empty your brain below

DG's radical blog leaves me smiling. It is no surprise that Christmas brings out the inner curmudgeon as surely as it brings out the inner child. Most of the year, I cultivate a certain, shall we say, radical curmudgeon in myself. But I stow it away come Christmastime. Others find Christmas to be the ideal season during which to display their humbuggery, taking ample opportunity to guffaw and harrumph. DG- some will say that they truly hate Christmas, perhaps because of some childhood trauma, or because they despise what they see as its phoniness, or because the season as we presently enjoy it devotes insufficient time to religion or ideology.

There are two arguments we can make here. The first is that this is a season whose very message transcends the specific religion or ideology or practice to become a greater reflection upon the qualities which draw us together, which make us better people. That this celebration is associated with a specific tradition or culture is no surprise, nor should it be. I would argue DGthat goodwill is a facet of human being to be cultivated. So, DG, we use the opportunity of an ancient, syncretic tradition to remind ourselves of the currents of warmth and kindness that course through even the Scroogiest of us all. (you said empty your mind)

When I worked in Woolies (Saturday girl half a lifetime ago) Xmas really did start in mid August with the arrival of the tinsel in the stockroom. I am very glad to avoid it nowadays, so thanks for the nostalgia dg.
**Sighs for departments 190: Seasonal goods and 290: Electrical seasonal goods**

Voltan can feel the urge to smite rising in direct proportion to the bile in Voltan's gullet.

And what arrived yesterday?
A Christmas card catalogue.
Did you send it, DG?

I'm beginning to think that dg might be some kind of evil genius.

agreed Girl. He is behind all world disasters and outings.

We need Christmas kittens please, DG.

Debster wants Christmas kittens?
try these

Personally I prefer a head-in-the-sand approach to christmas. Pretend it isn't happening until 24 December at 5.00pm when you rush round like a mad person buying whatever comes to hand and end the evening in a flurry of wrapping, gorged on mince pies washed down with brandy.

owwwwwwwwwwwwww, my eyes.

but i just love the irony of it all.

Girl - "beginning" to think?!!

PLEASE tell us we don't have 90 more blinking days..

If you're longing for the proper grey background again, check Geoff out...

My Campaign to Kick the FOTCR™ into December starts today.

Any joiners?

Can you quote me for a banner ad?
I've got a load of Cherie Blair novelty teeth I need to shift pronto.

A very thoughtful and interesting comment from StrandMan.

Have you and Geoff got something going then? Recommending each other's sites? I think Xmas has become just tooo commercialised gift-wise, so am thinking of only sending hand-made goods to prove I really care! (Or just give money to kidz, it's easier). Your site always makes me laugh, as I said before, don't bother to buy newspapers anymore.

I think you should change the background colour in the comments box too.

A clashingly festive red, maybe with gold borders, would be simply lovely...











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