Monday, December 20, 2004
The Christmas Spirit?
Well, despite all my best intentions I haven't done a single bit of Christmas shopping yet and there's not much time left to do it. D'oh! Still, last minute shopping isn't that bad. It's high pressure but high pressure tends to focus your concentration and speed you up to being ultra efficient! I reckon I'll get it all done and be in the pub by lunchtime on Christmas Eve. I might actually try doing some shopping in the evenings this week... if I can be arsed!
Heard the following on the radio on Tuesday as part of a Christmas related comedy clips show (slightly paraphrased, how I remember it anyway) "and my wife's magazine had a several page analysis of 'what your boyfriend was thinking when he chose your present' but nowhere did it mention the phrase 'this'll do'."
Er... anyway I remember thinking at the time how completely unfunny and unlike the way I chose presents it was! Hi to any friends and family who are reading this.
Anyway, I have a cold and feel crap, the last thing I feel like is wandering around shops in the freezing cold for hours on end. Still, at least it's followed by ten days of continuous greed, drunkeness and gluttony. Remember to think fondly of those early church leaders who decided to incorporate the spirit of those pagan midwinter celebrations into Christianity as you quaff mead and ale. Oh, by the way, if you want to celebrate Yule properly the midwinter solstice is on Wednesday. Interestingly the Roman's called their pre-Christian midwinter celebration the "Birthday of the Unconquered Sun". Which comes from the idea that it's the shortest day but the Sun is not defeated but will return. Which does have some parallel's with the Christian idea I suppose, and not just in the Sun god/son of god pun. Although the pun doesn't work in Latin. Oh well!
Anyway, hope you all manage to avoid the religious crap so you can concentrate on the real meaning of Christmas - eating and drinking until you can't move and falling asleep in front of a film you've seen 1000 times before.
This blog probably won't get updated much over Christmas (no change there then) because I'll be too drunk/stuffed to move. Mind you if you are checking this blog over Christmas then... well, I'm sorry!
Heard the following on the radio on Tuesday as part of a Christmas related comedy clips show (slightly paraphrased, how I remember it anyway) "and my wife's magazine had a several page analysis of 'what your boyfriend was thinking when he chose your present' but nowhere did it mention the phrase 'this'll do'."
Er... anyway I remember thinking at the time how completely unfunny and unlike the way I chose presents it was! Hi to any friends and family who are reading this.
Anyway, I have a cold and feel crap, the last thing I feel like is wandering around shops in the freezing cold for hours on end. Still, at least it's followed by ten days of continuous greed, drunkeness and gluttony. Remember to think fondly of those early church leaders who decided to incorporate the spirit of those pagan midwinter celebrations into Christianity as you quaff mead and ale. Oh, by the way, if you want to celebrate Yule properly the midwinter solstice is on Wednesday. Interestingly the Roman's called their pre-Christian midwinter celebration the "Birthday of the Unconquered Sun". Which comes from the idea that it's the shortest day but the Sun is not defeated but will return. Which does have some parallel's with the Christian idea I suppose, and not just in the Sun god/son of god pun. Although the pun doesn't work in Latin. Oh well!
Anyway, hope you all manage to avoid the religious crap so you can concentrate on the real meaning of Christmas - eating and drinking until you can't move and falling asleep in front of a film you've seen 1000 times before.
This blog probably won't get updated much over Christmas (no change there then) because I'll be too drunk/stuffed to move. Mind you if you are checking this blog over Christmas then... well, I'm sorry!
# posted by Mike @ 15:13 
