Xmas day, just another day?

[Woolless]

It's actually Victorian and a German tradition isn't it?

Actually it's a mid winter festival, started in about 400 AD as a pagan winter solstice feast

Christianity liked the look of it, so took it over in about 1000-1100 AD and turned it into a religious festival

Coca Cola dressed a man in a red suit, in the 1930's and called him Santa Claus

It's all fudging bo..ox

Clever marketing by the Christian church. They acknowledged the want of many to drink and eat away the woes of crap weather and short days, as they had done for many years.

 

[Zippy768]

Just me, mrs and little guy, as always. Like to spend xmas day at home before visiting on boxing day.
A day to enjoy being at home, not having jobs to do or life admin. A nice meal with all the trimmings and drink and lots of sweets.



And an afternoon nap

 

[thorpe]

Just me, mrs and little guy, as always. Like to spend xmas day at home before visiting on boxing day.
A day to enjoy being at home, not having jobs to do or life admin. A nice meal with all the trimmings and drink and lots of sweets.



And an afternoon nap

the nap bit sounds good!

 

[DeeGee]

It's actually Victorian and a German tradition isn't it?

Actually it's a mid winter festival, started in about 400 AD as a pagan winter solstice feast

Christianity liked the look of it, so took it over in about 1000-1100 AD and turned it into a religious festival

Coca Cola dressed a man in a red suit, in the 1930's and called him Santa Claus

It's all fudging bo..ox

Thank you for that most touching and apposite summary of advent and the nativity.
And God bless you too vicar.

 

[Woolless]

the nap bit sounds good!

I always think sitting reading in the afternoon is the height of decadence, but a nap....

 

[kfpben]

Milking on another farm now as the herdsman has gone into hospital for an op.
I will be charging accordingly

Should still manage to sing a few carols and have a good feed.

 

[neilo]

Milking on another farm now as the herdsman has gone into hospital for an op.
I will be charging accordingly

Should still manage to sing a few carols and have a good feed.

I always used to enjoy milking on Christmas afternoon. By about 3 o’clock I was ready to escape the ‘festivities’ anyway...

These days I try to do the minimal amount of work, eat too much, drink too much, and generally laze around with those I care most about. Just another day really then.

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

It's actually Victorian and a German tradition isn't it?

Actually it's a mid winter festival, started in about 400 AD as a pagan winter solstice feast

Christianity liked the look of it, so took it over in about 1000-1100 AD and turned it into a religious festival

Coca Cola dressed a man in a red suit, in the 1930's and called him Santa Claus

It's all fudging bo..ox

Small point of order: us Britons have been celebrating the winter solstice with feasting and a big party going on for a few days for longer than that as the archaeology around Stonehenge testifies. Then the Romans had a week-long carnival for Saturn their god of agriculture, and then after them the Anglo Saxons and Vikings had Yule.

I agree that the Jesus stuff is bollox but there's no harm in marking the turning of the year and lengthening days, being grateful to have got through the year just gone, and putting on some fat to get through the colder weather to come.

 

[Shavings man]

Had a few like that in times gone by

Me to two many

 

[yellowbelly]

These days I try to do the minimal amount of work, eat too much, drink too much, and generally laze around with those I care most about. Just another day really then.

Don't be such a miserable git - get off home to the family

 

[glasshouse]

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Don't be such a miserable git - get off home to the family

 

[Celt83]

I love acting like scrooge this time of year it drives my wife doolally! I'm like a game show host and my catchphrase is "how much!" to everything she says!

Secretly I love this time of year, I think still having young kids makes it great for me. Helping choose presents I wanted but never got is fab! Stuffing the turkey on Christmas eve with my daughter, making fart noises to make her giggle makes Christmas.

This year I'm going to be extra jolly no matter how much it will bucket down, as with a year like this spending time with family is time to be cherished.

Bah humbug to one and all!

 

[Canada Farmer]

Just another day to do chores and think aboot the snow....

 

[Working from home]

I like Christmas, just as much as anyone. Still have my jobs to do either end of the day but do enjoy the kids excitement etc...... but then what gets me is (on a normal year) from Boxing day people say "Did you have a nice Christmas?"!! Well it still bloody is. Just cos all the razmatazz starts on the Telly and in the shops in October they think its all over after one day, quite simply cos its been in their faces for far too long.

 

[Sid]

You can keep Christmas until week before..

Now the build up begins for us. Tree, Lights and decorations up,
Christmas music, and films.
All this from now until 12th night.
On the farm all the planing of feed and bedding done so bare minimum from mid day Christmas eve until day after boxing day.

Know someone who has taken their tree down already because its been up 3 weeks and all the needles have fallen off! Well that makes for a great f**king Christmas!!

 

[fgc325j]

That what my dad always said, all the fuss this year, that 5 day mix rule was crazy, most folk are glad when it's over.

Just a thought, on boxing day the ads for summer hols usually start - this year?????????

 

[Secret Agronomist]

Kick back and relax, wife, dogs and I don't have kids so makes it easier i guess. The one day when no one calls wanting loaded with anything, nothing to dig or spray or sow. Always have prawns and smoked salmon, dauphinoise potatoes, a really good bit of steak, Brussels (natch) followed by enough home made titanium to choke a horse, different wines for each course, its brilliant. Fire on walk the dogs, no presents and a nice tree

 

[Working from home]

And I tell you what I see every year that I cant ever believe. On Boxing Day afternoon (on a normal year)we go visit family. Coming home at about 9pm we happen to pass a retail park with a McDonalds there. The que for it is unbelievable, every bloody year!!! I mean isnt there nowt in the house to eat!!

 

[Secret Agronomist]

In a local village, where a lots of houses are holiday lets. On boxing day you see all of these lost souls wandering around looking for something to do. Have another quiet day for Petes sake.

 

[Dry Rot]

It's the compulsion that gets to me. "Have a nice Christmas!".......answered by a silent, "Sod off and leave me in peace!".

But, seriously, the queues, canned musac, delayed postage, shops/businesses closed. Waited 10 days for a 2p resistor to arrive in the post to get the electric fencer working again. Then another 14 days of frustration for the new tester. Always the same, just the theme that changes.

But it's when the days start to get longer. So that's good. Great for kids, but for an old bachelor, ignore it as best you can and hope it goes away. That generally works. Yep, another miserable old sod and just another day for me! Now sod off and leave me in peace!