Woo hoo; getting excited now!

[Brandane]

.....Because in 2 weeks time all this festive bollix will be over. Then I can get on with looking forward to more daylight, better weather, spring, getting back on the bike, holidays, quiet shops, quieter pubs, trains with available seats, car parks with spaces, steady work rather than manic, radio and tv back to normal; in short - normality.

 

[Mo1959]

.....Because in 2 weeks time all this festive bollix will be over. Then I can get on with looking forward to more daylight, better weather, spring, getting back on the bike, holidays, quiet shops, quieter pubs, trains with available seats, car parks with spaces, steady work rather than manic, radio and tv back to normal; in short - normality.

Easter eggs will soon be in the shops!

 

[Brandane]

Easter eggs will soon be in the shops!

A minor, avoidable inconvenience; compared to this annual festival of consumerism, greed, and gluttony!

 

[stephec]

.....Because in 2 weeks time all this festive bollix will be over. Then I can get on with looking forward to more daylight, better weather, spring, getting back on the bike, holidays, quiet shops, quieter pubs, trains with available seats, car parks with spaces, steady work rather than manic, radio and tv back to normal; in short - normality.

Post of the day.

 

[edindave]

Bah humbug? Imagine how utterly miserable these dark days would be without the festivities.

At least there's a buzz with it and people are being nice to each other, making contact with friends and relatives.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Post of the day.

Yay to this man.

Keep this post top of the list

 

[Saluki]

Easter eggs will soon be in the shops!

They already are!

 

[Brandane]

Bah humbug? Imagine how utterly miserable these dark days would be without the festivities.

At least there's a buzz with it and people are being nice to each other, making contact with friends and relatives.

I agree with that - up to a point. Turn the clock back 40 years and Christmas was more as you describe. IMHO it is now a complete greed fest where people are put under far too much pressure to "enjoy themselves" by emptying their bank accounts. Completely OTT and devoid of any of its original meaning.

 

[potsy]

I am still completely ignoring it and hoping it goes away (Christmas not Brandane)

 

[edindave]

I agree with that - up to a point. Turn the clock back 40 years and Christmas was more as you describe. IMHO it is now a complete greed fest where people are put under far too much pressure to "enjoy themselves" by emptying their bank accounts. Completely OTT and devoid of any of its original meaning.

Christmas hasn't changed. You don't have to sign up to Amercian style consumerism; Black Friday, pumpkins instead of turnips etc.

I would have liked to have gone to the CC Ecosse Xmas night out, but other life commitments got in the way.

 

[TVC]

Remember, later this week the shops will be closed for one whole day. If you don't panic and buy as much food as you can stuff in your fridge then you might starve.

 

[Brandane]

I am still completely ignoring it and hoping it goes away (Christmas not Brandane)

Careful; it will creep up and bite you on the ar5e (Christmas not Brandane).

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Easter eggs will soon be in the shops!

Creme eggs are already on sale around here.

 

[Mo1959]

Creme eggs are already on sale around here.

I think they sell them all year round They are rather nice, but I couldn't eat any more than three. Lol

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I think they sell them all year round They are rather nice, but I couldn't eat any more than three. Lol

Not on sale all year round here, just the six months before Easter and the twenty six weeks after.