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I took the opposite view for a while, although I do like the Chrimbo screen. I was in Bah! Humbug! mode until this Chrimbo screen came up, it actually almost put me in a festive mood. Then I got better…
I may have mentioned before that I am a Humanist and an atheist, therefore I have no truck with religion of any flavour. So I usually count this season as Yule, which occurs every year at the Winter Solstice. This year that is tomorrow, December 22nd. I shall be in my local wood, a large area of ancient forest, tomorrow at sunset, with some like-minded Humanist friends. The forest is composed of old English trees: Oak, Elder, Beech, Birch, Whitebeam, Chestnut and Horse Chestnut, even a few surviving Ash and Elm. No songs, hymns or chants, just a pleasant discussion, surrounded by trees that were old when my great granddad was placed in his Staffordshire grave. There will be some liquid refreshment, I am led to believe…
The missus thinks I am bonkers, but she is also an Atheist and a Humanist. Consequently, neither of us should believe in celebrating the myth that is Christianity. But SWMBO still puts up the tree, the trimmings, and multi coloured lights flashing in our windows. Well, that really means that I actually install all this krap, under wifely dictatorial direction.
BAH! HUMBUG!
When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.
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