I completely abhor Christmas. I detest it with a vengence because it is a commercial con trick. Prices of stuff to give as presents are halved a month later so why can't the prices be halved prior to Xmas? The hustle and bussle annoys me too. Women "driving" go chairs with crying weans strapped into them going so slowly, gossiping to each other, and jamming up the place. Now we have the disabled "stealth" scooters hammering about at 7 mph which you can't hear coming. We used to put ice lolly sticks in the spokes of out bike wheels, why can't they do a similar thing?
The 40 odd lines of empty supermarket trollies seeming to move by magic with a guy at the far end pushing in the general direction in which he wants to go but just can't attain! Cars loaded up and reversing out of spaces hitting others desperate to part with their money. There should be a safety corridor for those coming in. Those going out, well they've got your money, sod you!
Oh and Xmas. Christ's birthday. Nothing of the kind. The Church moved to this date which was originally a pagan festival of mid Winter held after the Winter equinox on the 22nd. At the time of Christ's birth Jews had a particular formula for having sex and therefore giving birth . It was worked out that Christ, a Jew, had been born at the "wrong" time when births were taboo and so they just changed his birthday to a "proper" place. Santa was a really nice guy, who did actually give out presents to kids. The Vatican heard about it and decided to publicise and honor him. Store owners thought he would be a wonderful marketing tool to bring punters in during mid Winter, when things were slow, and the whole gift giving thing exploded from there.
New Year is another Pagan festival for the Roman God Janus whom January is named after. He had opposite facing heads looking back and forward. Russian Coptic New Year is the 6th Chinese New Year can be as late as second fortnight in February. The Hindus have a huge festival first week in January for New Year. So a drinker can get through to Easter with Happy New Year greetings and then start again with Easter Eggs.
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