As the season of goodwill approaches, perhaps we should
remind ourselves about the history of Christmas. As we know, Christmas was
invented by Charles Dickens who foolishly failed to take a patent out on it,
but how did the modern version develop?
There are numerous strands to this story, but perhaps we
should reflect for a moment on what goes on behind the scenes of our Christmas
festivities The vast Chinese rubbish factories for example. As we do our Christmas
shopping we tend to forget those great ships crossing the mighty oceans with
ton upon ton of cheery Chinese garbage eventually destined to keep our landfill
sites from lying idle.
What is that little group of coloured crystals dangling from
a bit of wire? Does it matter? It’s Christmas so buy one and find out what it
is for later. Buy two – they cost next to nothing. Or that tiny snowy house
with a dear little robin on top which lights up and cheeps a tune if you
download the app. That should raise a cheery smile after the turkey and
Christmas pud.
Or that cute little reindeer with a big...
No I can’t carry on - I’m feeling queasy. Must be the
scented candles in the shop. Or the fragrant oils filling the air with their delightful
chemical miasma...
Or maybe I need a coffee...
6 comments:
It has to be Christmas when 'Slade' sing their bloody song in the supermarket for the millionth time on December 1st!
Did you know that Jona Louis has made millions from royalties, purely because he added a line to a 'song', "Wish I was at home, for Christmas"? The line had absolutely nothing to do with the 'lyrics'...
You don't just need coffee, you need nose plugs.
It's a two-way trade. As a manufacturing economy, they send us tons of meaningless rubbish. As a post-industrial economy, we are busy generating and selling them stuff like pointless media, ridiculous fashions, pornography, debased standards, and bullshit jobs.
It's too early to say who will crack first.
It's the music that gets to me. Went to buy birdseed at the garden centre and could barely tolerate the soundtrack long enough to pick it up and escape.
Very disappointed that the local garden centre failed to follow up on last years discount evening with a free mince pie to all loyalty card customers, must be because the huge queue for the mince pies did not translate into sales ! or am I being cynical, moi.
Scrobs - the world would be a better place if Slade's bloody song had never been composed.
Bill - and ear plugs.
Sam - I think China may crack first.
Woodsy - our Co-op is always like that. Sometimes I just want to leave as quickly as possible.
Wiggia - I bet you are right. They probably worked out that lots of non-gardeners had turned up just for the free pies.
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