Yesterday, 20 December, on our way to the outskirts of Hull via the A63, there was traffic queuing on the inside lane from the Humber Bridge to the next slip road and beyond. Do you know why? They were queuing up to get to the Sainsbury's supermarket. Can you believe people sit in their cars in a mile long queue waiting to get to a grocery shop? Further along at another slip road, more queues, this time for a large Asda store. What is this madness that takes over people at Christmas? It's only one day of the year and the shops are all open again on Boxing Day. Nobody is going to starve.
I am quite sickened by all the greed and over consumption. Usually I love the run up to Christmas and I normally have Michael Buble's Christmas CD playing on a loop in the house and in the car when I go out but this year I am a bit p***d off with it all. Christmas stuff in the shops and being advertised on TV from October, disgusting Black Friday greed, hearing about people spending upwards of £300 each on small children who will not know what they have at the end of the day, or who gave it to them. I even heard about one young mother who is buying an ipad for a 5 year old because he decided to add it to his very long list at the last minute. The icing on the cake for me this year was seeing Cadbury's Crème Eggs being sold at the beginning of December. Bloody Easter eggs!!
Don't get me wrong, I have always loved Christmas but on reaching the age I am at now, I'm just not sure I believe the Jesus story any more.
Anyway, wishing you a very Happy Winter Solstice. Let's welcome the sun back and look forward to spring.
Joyeux Noel! See you on the flip side, as they say.
I am quite sickened by all the greed and over consumption. Usually I love the run up to Christmas and I normally have Michael Buble's Christmas CD playing on a loop in the house and in the car when I go out but this year I am a bit p***d off with it all. Christmas stuff in the shops and being advertised on TV from October, disgusting Black Friday greed, hearing about people spending upwards of £300 each on small children who will not know what they have at the end of the day, or who gave it to them. I even heard about one young mother who is buying an ipad for a 5 year old because he decided to add it to his very long list at the last minute. The icing on the cake for me this year was seeing Cadbury's Crème Eggs being sold at the beginning of December. Bloody Easter eggs!!
Don't get me wrong, I have always loved Christmas but on reaching the age I am at now, I'm just not sure I believe the Jesus story any more.
Anyway, wishing you a very Happy Winter Solstice. Let's welcome the sun back and look forward to spring.
Joyeux Noel! See you on the flip side, as they say.
