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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
I know, I know, it is still only coming to the end of Oct but who's ready for Christmas?
Perhaps (like me) you've started to buy presents and started planning for that wretched Christian holiday that we all have forced upon us year after year 
Yes, it's nearly that time of year when you can't turn on your tv or go into a shop without being reminded of it...
...I haven't seen the coco-cola truck on TV yet,but "holidays are coming"  |
I am sure I have said this before Jason.....no one, absolutely no one forces you to celebrate this Christian holiday. It is another day. So OK, the shops(in the main)are shut....And there may be no buses or trains running.....that is not much different to other bank holidays with little or no,religious significance.
There are people who do enjoy this celebration who are not Christians, many people who,proclaim Christianity to be at their roots give the religion only a passing nod.
If you really do not want to celebrate it, then the solution is in your hands.
Let all your family and friends know well in advance, that you will no longer be celebrating Christmas....Then go and offer your services as a volunteer to some charitable organisation that makes the festive season a little more comfortable(for just one day) to those far less fortunate than yourself who would dearly like to celebrate the day....or go to work(as I did for some thirty years)as a volunteer on one of the wards at our local hospital. I am sure they will value your services to get their elderly and infirm patients fed and watered.
But for goodness sake, do not come here every year and moan. It really is quite tiresome