Originally Posted by Bill Clinton:
“Worth pointing out the irony of the fact that we are all bombared with Christmas imagery and indoctrination from early bloody November and then when the bloody thing arrives, it's now the trend to start packing away the whole damn thing on Boxing Day night, channels that dutifully converted to renaming themselves Sky Movies Christmas & Now Christmas, Christmas Movies 24 etc in early sodding November suddenly get into a desperate rush to shed themselves completely of Christmas on Boxing Day for god';s sake!
If we're going to be totally swamped with Christmas for almost a whole season of late Autumn into Winter at least let it stick around to actually be enjoyed for a decent length of time when it's actually here!
It's indicative of how sick of Christmas we must be because it's been around since the start of November that they can't wait to get it over and done with by only Boxing Day! But I want Christmas to be Christmas and November to be November and to enjoy Christmas during the 12 Days!”
I agree and I guess I am guilty of jumping on the bandwagon to by having my decorations up at the start of December, I guess its almost like by having them up will make Christmas come quicker.
And then when the big day come everyone gives up on boxing day and its back to normality. As I said earlier I remember when Christmas used to last at least a week with most shops shut etc, now people can't wait to get it over and done with and back to work and I guess I see their point, its like hanging on at a new years party after midnight, you're flogging a dead horse.
Its sad to admit but Christmas isn't and probably never will be what it once was, its becoming more and more like Halloween where we have a build up for a couple of months in retail etc then it comes and the following day its back to normal, a 1 day event, the 12 days of Christmas are no more, we get the older folk who try to hang on to the tradition but its slowly getting edged out each and every year. I am just happy that my childhood celebrated the 12 days.