Ban it! Hypocrisy, queues, fools running around like headless chickens distracted from what's important, greed, 'Goodwill' and then continue to be beastly to one another come January. All in the name of a mythical preacher. And no, I doubt any of you will be inviting this cheery soul around for sherry and mince pies.

I Love everything about Christmas, from the commercial, to the crackers, pigs in blankets and the Christian story and imagery.

I just wish they would ban pop music at Christmas it is bloody everywhere. My children's stereos and every sodding shop. How anyone can prefer this stuff to Handel's Messiah is a deep mystery to me...

Christmas is really for the kids IMHO, it's a chance for parents to make memories and make it as magical as possible. I do remember being on the phone to "Santa" when I was about 3 or so, I do no idea it was my father on the end of the line.

Christmas is the only time some families get together.

I like Christmas concerts. Even churches will do an evening of Bach, and groups like the Albion Band do Christmas gigs yearly, which are worth attending if you are into folk rock.

I do love homemade mince pies and sausage rolls.

The coffee shop I go to in Hampshire is playing Jackson Browne and Lucinda Williams over their PA, I am sure Wyot has met both of them.

Wyot wrote:
I Love everything about Christmas, from the commercial, to the crackers, pigs in blankets and the Christian story and imagery.

I just wish they would ban pop music at Christmas it is bloody everywhere. My children's stereos and every sodding shop. How anyone can prefer this stuff to Handel's Messiah is a deep mystery to me... Drives me nuts Wyot. And they start streaming Christmas movies in August. Wtaf?

Wyot wrote:
I Love everything about Christmas, from the commercial, to the crackers, pigs in blankets and the Christian story and imagery.

I just wish they would ban pop music at Christmas it is bloody everywhere. My children's stereos and every sodding shop. How anyone can prefer this stuff to Handel's Messiah is a deep mystery to me...

We would hate Handel's Messiah just as much if we had to listen to it while searching for cottage cheese.

Wyot wrote:
I Love everything about Christmas, from the commercial, to the crackers, pigs in blankets and the Christian story and imagery.

I just wish they would ban pop music at Christmas it is bloody everywhere. My children's stereos and every sodding shop. How anyone can prefer this stuff to Handel's Messiah is a deep mystery to me...

Christmas for me these days means usually a heatwave and 1000s of drunken backpackeres on Bondi beach. I avoid it.

I spent 2 Christmas' in Connecticut in the snow with Americans who did the full bit and it was kind of glorious although at one when we all went for a walk in the snow in the afternoon and found a dead baby deer which was rather sad.

hedda wrote:
Wyot wrote:
I Love everything about Christmas, from the commercial, to the crackers, pigs in blankets and the Christian story and imagery.

I just wish they would ban pop music at Christmas it is bloody everywhere. My children's stereos and every sodding shop. How anyone can prefer this stuff to Handel's Messiah is a deep mystery to me...

Christmas for me these days means usually a heatwave and 1000s of drunken backpackeres on Bondi beach. I avoid it.

I spent 2 Christmas' in Connecticut in the snow with Americans who did the full bit and it was kind of glorious although at one when we all went for a walk in the snow in the afternoon and found a dead baby deer which was rather sad. I envy you Hedda. Only visited Australia once. Magnificent country. Despite the spiders.

When we went to Christmas markets in our younger days. The would be one or two police officers and there weren't any safety bollards to prevent cars. A certain people follow a certain religion.


I don't mind some Christmas markets but I wish they stopped with the man-made rubbish; you can tell if things are by machine in mass production. I just like walking round in the cold being nosey with mulled wine.