Annual Christmas grumble

[Speicher]

But ... I'm veggie!

I've got about 3 days worth of activities planned including walks and bike rides, subject to weather. As for the rest - pass!

Okay, baked camembert buttie then!

Yes, cheese butties, and hot coffee from a flask sounds like an ideal lunch on 25th December.

 

[youngoldbloke]

The amount of Christmas food goodies sold with best before dates well before 25th December never ceases to amaze/dismay. No wonder we have an obesity problem when much of the population is stuffing their faces with Christmas cheer from early November on.

 

[nickyboy]

If you're concerned about cherry picking and bad interpretation of statistics, then stop doing it!

Here's a more recent version of the graph you quoted:

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That feels like a significant shift given the timeframe.

Indeed. It's taken more than a thousand years for the blue line to fall 30% from 100% (ish) to 70%. Then it's fallen another 30% in the past 35 years. I guess the interesting question is how low does the blue line have to go before the social and cultural norms based on a Christian society no longer hold water? When do we decide to ditch Easter Bank Holidays and replace them with holidays at a better time of the year?