I was walking home from work this evening down Torrington Avenue, and one of the houses has their Christmas decorations up with a huge Santa in the front garden, what is all that about?, has the world gone mad?
Yeah, 30th September last year! I'm a lazy git and I couldn't be bothered to take them down. Does look a bit of a mess though to be fair and we are running out of room, what with the Easter and Halloween decorations and all the Valentine's cards still up etc.
Still have an 'all the way to Wembley' banner up in the front window too.
You have to get right up to the window and all but press your face to see the small print subtext of 'on multiple train journeys.'
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I want to get some of those projecter lights by JML this year
We just put a tree up and a few ornaments
But I'm putting a real tree on the drive this year
We just put a tree up and a few ornaments
But I'm putting a real tree on the drive this year
I'm going to steal it. I don't know where you live but I'll replace it with a mini one to mess with your mind.
No, I think it's just normal size, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get his sofa in.A mini one?
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,[7][8] observed most commonly on December 25[4][9][10] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.[2][11][12]A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night;[13] in some traditions, Christmastide includes an Octave.[14] Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations,[15][16][17] is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians,[18] as well as culturally by many non-Christians,[1][19] and forms an integral part of the holiday season. In several countries, celebrating Christmas Eve has the main focus rather than Christmas Day.
Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, by the early-to-mid fourth century the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25,[20] a date that was later adopted in the East.[21][22]Today, most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world. However, some Eastern Christian Churches celebrate Christmas on December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which currently corresponds to January 7 in the Gregorian calendar, the day after the Western Christian Church celebrates the Epiphany. This is not a disagreement over the date of Christmas as such, but rather a preference of which calendar should be used to determine the day that is December 25.
Although it is not known why December 25 became a date of celebration, there are several factors that may have influenced the choice. December 25 was the date the Romans marked as the winter solstice,[23] the shortest and darkest day of the year, and the first day in which the days would begin to elongate and the Sun would have a longer presence in the sky. Jesus was identified with the Sun based on an Old Testament verse,[24] and the date is exactly nine months following Annunciation, when the conception of Jesus is celebrated, which is one theory on what may have influenced the timing of the Christmas holiday.[25][26] Also, Ancient Romans had a series of pagan festivals near the end of the year, and Christmas may have been scheduled at this time to appropriate, or compete with, one or more of these festivals.[27][28][29] Some scholars disagree with this latter interpretation and state that the Roman Emperor Aurelian placed a pagan celebration on December 25 in order to compete with the growing rate of the Christian Church, which had already been celebrating Christmas on that date.[30]
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins.[31] Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, completing an Advent calendar or Advent wreath, Christmas music and caroling, lighting a Christingle, viewing a Nativity play, an exchange of Christmas cards, church services, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.[32] Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.
It's only 49 sleeps until I can piss everybody off buy posting it's only 364 sleeps until Christmas.
The current Mrs HH is Polish / Lithuanian and loves Christmas. They have to go up, but I never bother until a week or so before the day. This year, as I'm waiting for a knee replacement, I'll play on that and say I can't climb up to put the deccys up!
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As a devout Christian, I find these puns rather insulting. Would you talk of Muhammad the same way?
The house opposite the cedars always looks nice at Christmas
We've gone in a few times and all the money donated goes to Zoe's place
We've gone in a few times and all the money donated goes to Zoe's place
Was in town yesterday and was very surprised to see that Las Iguanas in Cathedral Lanes is open on Christmas Day!
Can anyone see them doing any kind of business at all? I thought maybe students, but nearly all will be back home won't they?
Can anyone see them doing any kind of business at all? I thought maybe students, but nearly all will be back home won't they?
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The foreign postgrad students often don't go home.
Not sure there'd be enough to justify opening said restaurant, but guess we'll find out!
(Well, we won't, as none of us will be in the area to check)
A fella I used to work with took his family to Taybarns on Christmas Day a couple of years ago, I think Bella Italia is open too
I was brought up in the pub trade and from the Age of 8 to 18 I really resented Christmas, mum and dad owned the pub so worked all hours of day and night at that time of year.
My dad was a very old school pub gaffer and always bought they first drink on Christmas Day for his regular customers, I remember some fella came in looking for a free drink and dad said he seen more of haleys comet then him
I was brought up in the pub trade and from the Age of 8 to 18 I really resented Christmas, mum and dad owned the pub so worked all hours of day and night at that time of year.
My dad was a very old school pub gaffer and always bought they first drink on Christmas Day for his regular customers, I remember some fella came in looking for a free drink and dad said he seen more of haleys comet then him
Miller & Carter is opened but they’re doing Xmas Dinner and will likely be rammed. Las Iguanas isn’t a place that comes to mind for me if i was thinking of somewhere to go Xmas Day.
Suppose you’ve got people who don’t celebrate Xmas but would they bother going into town when everything else is shut.