RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted November 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 Not to mention political correctness. I think it gives some people a chance to enjoy complaining that some of the people in adverts look different to them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I'm always reminded of a Dave Allen joke. 3 Kids talking about Xmas day, the first a Catholic says that he goes down stairs and opens all his presents to find toys, lots & lots of toys. The 2nd kid (Protestant) say he also goes downstairs to a mountain of presents and when he opens them he's also got toys, lots & lots of toys. The 3rd kid (jewish) says on Xmas day he and his father go to the toy factory which is empty and thank the other children's God for Xmas. Are you suggesting that Santa is Jewish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted November 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 Not to mention political correctness. If we were being politically correct, we wouldn't call it Christmas and have carols and cribs in shopping malls, when there are so many people of different or no faiths about. Not very inclusive is it? It's really the mid-winter gifting and gorging festival, although some bright marketing genius will need to come up with something catchier! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 If we were being politically correct, we wouldn't call it Christmas and have carols and cribs in shopping malls, when there are so many people of different or no faiths about. Not very inclusive is it? It's really the mid-winter gifting and gorging festival, although some bright marketing genius will need to come up with something catchier! Mid winter? I thought this topic was about it being a first half of winter festival. Mid winter is around the time of the January sales, then for the rest of the winter it's preparations for Easter. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 This one made me giggle http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41997936/greggs-sorry-for-swapping-jesus-for-sausage-roll-in-nativity-scene I would be more worried that Greggs are suggesting that the connection with a stable would imply that there was meat in a Greggs Sausage Roll Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 I think a lot of you have missed something here. People need to have it rammed into their brains that it is Christmas so they don't forget to go out on Christmas Eve and stock up with bread, milk and everything else they can cram into a trolley because the shops are going to be shut for weeks! Actually Christmas is not the worst time for that - Easter is far worse as nowadays the shops tend to be shut on only one day at Christmas. My ;ate mother-in'law managed a Co-op food etc shop and she always said that pre-Easter food shopping was far, far worse than pre-Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 This one made me giggle http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41997936/greggs-sorry-for-swapping-jesus-for-sausage-roll-in-nativity-scene I would be more worried that Greggs are suggesting that the connection with a stable would imply that there was meat in a Greggs Sausage Roll Jim And what sort of meat - presumably this ad actually means that Christmas is coming to a petrol station near you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted November 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 If we are talking politically correct. Happy Holiday. Tin hat on already heading for the bunker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 If we are talking politically correct. Happy Holiday. Tin hat on already heading for the bunker. And what about people who have to work over Christmas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted November 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2017 I had to for many years John and loved it. Double time and not have to be in the house with all that stuff! My wife still has to work on Christmas Day. The fact that it is my birthday on Christmas Even and my wife's on Boxing Day doesn't make it any better as we have to think about what to buy twice as much. Fully paid up member of the Bah Humbug club. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 SWMBO came home with a frozen turkey ready for Christmas yesterday! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Phil is right. Eating, drinking and being merry at the time of the winter solstice predates Christianity by thousands of years. We celebrate the holy birth when we do because the Pope decreed it in the fourth century. Jesus was probably born in March. The clue is the shepherds abiding in the fields watching their flocks by night which if present farming methods are a guide would not have happened in December. The new church could not celebrate the birth and death of its raison d'etre within a couple of weeks so something had to give. To link the new Christian festivals with those pre-existing would today be regarded as a smart bit of marketing. Like Saturnalia? Try C*****mas. The way we undergo C*******mas in this country is fast becoming an endurance test. I do my best to avoid it. I send cards because communicating with friends and relatives once a year is much better than not doing it at all. The Swiss do it so much better. They have the big meal on 24th December and that's it, done. Ours goes on for ever, and that's just the ruddy turkey. Chris 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 We know a song about all of this: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Well, we have no kids, we have no television and we certainly aren't Christians, so we've never seen the point of doing the Christmas thing. We're quite happy celebrating Yule. That makes far more sense to us 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meil Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 If we were being politically correct, we wouldn't call it Christmas and have carols and cribs in shopping malls, when there are so many people of different or no faiths about. Not very inclusive is it? It's really the mid-winter gifting and gorging festival, although some bright marketing genius will need to come up with something catchier! Why? Hindus celebrate Diwali, Muslims celebrate Ede - do they change their names to be "more inclusive"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Actually Christmas is not the worst time for that - Easter is far worse as nowadays the shops tend to be shut on only one day at Christmas. My ;ate mother-in'law managed a Co-op food etc shop and she always said that pre-Easter food shopping was far, far worse than pre-Christmas. I once visited a supermarket in northern Spain just before the Easter weekend. it appeared to be hosting a fairly decent riot, combined with a rehearsal for the 4-Minute Warning . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bernard Lamb Posted November 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2017 Just heard a story about people who have already booked the delivery slot for their Christmas food supplies. The mind boggles. Well mine does. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 It is not a "story". You have to book a delivery slot for Christmas in October, otherwise they have all been fully booked; or they cost £9.99 a go. And please don't say that I should get off my fat @rse and go to the supermarket in person, because it was that nightmarish experience, in the days before C*****mas many years ago, which started me on home deliveries in the first place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I once visited a supermarket in northern Spain just before the Easter weekend. it appeared to be hosting a fairly decent riot, combined with a rehearsal for the 4-Minute Warning . This type of thing happens most Saturdays in Swiss supermarkets as the clock ticks towards 4.30pm.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) If you think the Christmass adverts are crap, you want to try the yearly dose of Syrup imported from the US. What you get here is the same old vomit inducing films where every one religiously follows the same old format. Divorced young mom, starry eyed kid. Massive problem at home threatening the kids Christmas. Handsome single stranger moves in on the act.Saves the kids Christmas and all ends up in the Town Square whith everone holding hands and swaying gently from side to side singing Silent Night - up to their knees in gauranteed seasonal snow - of course. To view, sick bag required. Edited November 17, 2017 by allan downes 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bernard Lamb Posted November 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2017 It is not a "story". You have to book a delivery slot for Christmas in October, otherwise they have all been fully booked; or they cost £9.99 a go. And please don't say that I should get off my fat @rse and go to the supermarket in person, because it was that nightmarish experience, in the days before C*****mas many years ago, which started me on home deliveries in the first place. You are definitely in the lead in the Bah Humbug competition. The festive atmosphere and the carol singing and the opportunity to meet up with folks you have not seen for ages is a time to be savoured. I would not miss it for the world. Having mastered the skills required in avoiding being bashed by rucksacks at model railway exhibitions, I have no fear in fighting my way down an aisle of maniacal trolley drivers all fighting over the last special * Christmas Pudding. The dribbling, little brats sitting on top of the trollies grabbing items from the shelves and after a good chew throwing them on the floor might be a bit off putting, but it is only one day a year. If the weather is nice watching the fights in the car park over parking spaces from a safe viewpoint can also be an entertaining way to pass the odd half hour. My money would always be on the 30 something professional woman in a Porsche. I would avoid the two newish German supermarkets as at these I find the customers are too intent on the shopping to provide any diversions. * I like Heston's but other brands are available. Bernard 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 ....sick bag required. Ryanair ones attract a supplementary charge. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) Sacred Hendrix anthems being used for selling cheap perfume. Cultural rape at its worst. Edited February 13, 2018 by Miss Prism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted November 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2017 Thank goodness, Ruth and I don't believe in any of the religious stuff, so we just enjoy our life........don't have to put a label on any day except our birthdays and our get together anniversaries, I despise the commercialism of all of these "celebration times". Having said that I loved the lead up to Christmas as a kid(which started about only two weeks prior to the actual date) but once the presents had been opened, it became just an ordinary time. Rgds Mike(miserable old fart) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 ... The festive atmosphere and the carol singing and the opportunity to meet up with folks you have not seen for ages is a time to be savoured. I would not miss it for the world. To each, their own. Some people like going on sea cruises, but the thought of being stuck on a cruise ship full of the sort of people who like going on sea cruises is my idea of hell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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