Posted by alexandra_k on December 30, 2005, at 21:13:21
In reply to Re: bah humbug, posted by Maynerd on December 29, 2005, at 4:00:52
hey. yeah, i hear ya. we have 'mid-winter christmas' over here. round about the middle of winter. now that... is more of a celebration. i don't think it counts as an 'official holiday' but there are typically work dos etc. the middle of winter... it does help keep ones spirits up (and i guess there aren't family 'committments' around this one).
but it is hot hot hot it is summer over here now. and the last thing anyone really wants to do is feed their faces with all the 'traditional food'. some people (mostly elderly now) don't think it is christmas without the traditional roast but increasingly there is a move to salads and cold meats and bbq's. but really... after breakfast... well it does one all day really.
they tried to stomp on christmas. used to be... a mass orgy basically by the sounds of it. everyone got smashed as and broke into the food supply and had a right night of it. when food was scarce and you were living in mideval england i suppose there was some sense in it. needed the morale etc.
i think the christians tried to stomp on christmas. they couldn't. best they could do was to... turn it into a religious holiday.
peace and goodwill
whatever happened to getting drunk and f*cking ones brains out???
heh heh
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