I'm all for Christmas, except for...
Christmas, I think, is a good thing. It is a super way to finish the year, a pleasant full stop before the new year begins. If you are lucky, you get a week off work*. Some people get even more; I’ve heard that in the private sector, there’s something called a Christmas bonus.
There’s pretty decorations everywhere you go, there's singing of carols, there’s pressies, there’s Christmas pudding with custard, there’s the Boxing Day test (if you are in Australia. If you are outside Australia, the Boxing Day test is a cricket game, not a traditional post-Christmas exam). If you are so inclined there’s plenty of opportunity to go to church (although not as much as at Easter).
There’s the sales (this probably is most enjoyable if you get one of those mythical Christmas bonuses).
There’s sleeping.
Christmas is so good that even countries that don’t have Christian traditions like to celebrate it anyway. Hurrah!
There is one Chrissie tradition however, I would like to see an end to: The Christmas bonbon (aka the christmas cracker).
Really, if they were banned (I’m taking a hardline here) would anyone miss them? Does anyone really like them?
The jokes aren’t even of the “so bad they’re good” category - they’re just bad. The toys are largely choking hazards, if they don't break in your first attempt to use them. It's a waste of the earth’s finite resources. I doubt even George Clooney looks good in the paper hat.
If anything can make my Christmas spirit sink, it’s the sight of a bon bon.
They don't promise much and somehow still manage to deliver even less.
Yours in Chrissie-ness
* I’d just like to acknowledge all those people who do work over the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays. I hope you get triple time.
There’s pretty decorations everywhere you go, there's singing of carols, there’s pressies, there’s Christmas pudding with custard, there’s the Boxing Day test (if you are in Australia. If you are outside Australia, the Boxing Day test is a cricket game, not a traditional post-Christmas exam). If you are so inclined there’s plenty of opportunity to go to church (although not as much as at Easter).
There’s the sales (this probably is most enjoyable if you get one of those mythical Christmas bonuses).
There’s sleeping.
Christmas is so good that even countries that don’t have Christian traditions like to celebrate it anyway. Hurrah!
There is one Chrissie tradition however, I would like to see an end to: The Christmas bonbon (aka the christmas cracker).
Really, if they were banned (I’m taking a hardline here) would anyone miss them? Does anyone really like them?
The jokes aren’t even of the “so bad they’re good” category - they’re just bad. The toys are largely choking hazards, if they don't break in your first attempt to use them. It's a waste of the earth’s finite resources. I doubt even George Clooney looks good in the paper hat.
If anything can make my Christmas spirit sink, it’s the sight of a bon bon.
They don't promise much and somehow still manage to deliver even less.
Yours in Chrissie-ness
* I’d just like to acknowledge all those people who do work over the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays. I hope you get triple time.
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