Oh Jean, can I join you on that soap box please??
I too am not religious, and although I'll wish people a merry
christmas (yes with small letters) I too much prefer 'Greetings of the
Season'! When I worked in the local shop we were only closed on
Christmas Day, AND one of the other shops in the village opened for a
few hours even on Christmas Day!! So, I could never work out why
people had to spend an arm and a leg on food before Christmas and
again on Boxing Day!!! (I suppose ours is not to reason why....)
Maybe we should join 'Grumpy Old Women' (shall we start a group
amongst Arachneans??) And then they're telling us on the TV that
there's an economic downturn.... hmmmm, don't think that includes
food....
We're off out for dinner on Thursday, courtesy of my Mother in Law,
then we'll pop to see my daughter & her boyfriend, but I won't be
drinking, I've to drive!! (Well, someone has to....) Had to take MIL
out today for a palm for Chris for Thursday, everywhere was heaving!
Then, when I got home I found that an aunt had called to say my Uncle
'passed this mortal coil' at the end of November! (They only live in
Hull and still didn't let me know.... at least I know where I stand
with most of my Family!)
Anyway, I'm off the soapbox, anyone else want to take my place?
Sue in EY (in a Christmas free house!!)
On 23 Dec 2008, at 09:56, Jean Nathan wrote:
Went down to the hospital this morning for my monthly blood test.
Left home at 7.30am, and the big Tesco supermarket car park near my
home was already nearly full. By the time I came back at 8.30am,
there were cars queuing to get into the car park, and the shops are
open again tomorrow. Just how much can people eat?
The supermarkets are only closing on Christmas Day and Boxing Day,
but even last week trolleys were piles so high you'd think there was
going to be a month long siege, and that's in addition to what
they've been buying in the way of biscuits, sweets, alcohol and
other stuff that will keep, since the beginning of September.
To my way of thinking (which is obviously wrong), if some people are
buying that amount, there must be at least an equal number not
buying anything. I really don't understand people who stuff
themselves with food and get paralytic drunk over the Christmas
period.
There must be an awful lot of waste food going into landfills, when
many people in the world are starving. I know what's in our
supermarkets can't help them, but it does still seem morally wrong
to me.
I'm not religious, and get quite cross when strangers assume that
everyone's a Christian and celebrates Christmas and wish me a Merry
Christmas. In the supermarket last week, a woman tried to push me
out of the way because she was impatient. When I didn't move she
said sarcastically "And a Merry Christmas to you!" I know it was
wrong (particularly because I'm not Jewish, and I apologise to those
of you who are), but I immediately responded with "And a Happy
Hanukkah to you.", which left her looking very perplexed. The older
I get, the grumpier I get, especially at the commercialisation of it
all.
And as for snow, we had one fine sprinkling about 6 or 7 years ago
which settled for about an hour, for which I'm very grateful having
been snowed in frequently when we lived on top of the hills in
Somerset.
Gets off soapbox.
Having got that off my chest, Season's Greetings from me to all of
you and whatever you celebrate around this time of year, and
greetings to you if you don't celebrate anything at all.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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