Christmas

OK, this rant is NOT about Christmas itself because that is a joyous period that I totally enjoy. This rant is about how commercialised the whole ordeal is becoming.

Christmas has never been about the presents for me - well possibly as a young child - but certainly for as long as I can remember it has been about spending time with my family. For the retail industry though, Christmas is quite obviously all about making money.

I saw my first Christmas advert on tv LAST MONTH! I heard my first Christmas song on the radio at the beginning of this month (November for those reading in the future) and I don't even want to try to remember how long ago it was that I saw my first load of Christmas orientated items in the shop (like advent calendars)

Perhaps the reason why each year I don't feel like it is Christmas until the final few days, is because it is being watered down and is no longer an event that lasts a few weeks (I don't mind starting to get "christmasy" in December) but an event that lasts for a few months.

(editorial note: not too sure how good this rant is but hey ho...)

I want to return back to the days when it was all "YEAY its Christmas" and not "WHAT... its friggin October - why the **** are they advertising the Christmas sale?". I'm quite simply not ready to be festive yet, so why do I have to see a dancing Santa when I enter ASDA? Well, because a group of already fat and greedy people want to be fatter and greedier. They want us to spend more money, and by getting us to buy things over a longer period of time they will get what they want.

So, to you fat greedy early Christmas pushing pieces of mouldy frogspawn I quite simply say this...

"P**S OFF, it's my Christmas, you ain't invited, and I'll start celebrating it when I say so, and not you!"