Christmas Came and Went or Did It?

Well Ho ho ho or Ha ha ha to the PC among us. I begin this rant by saying I am not a person of religous persausion. Nor am I a disciple of the christmas spirit. How ever, I used to be. I used to love nothing more than to deck the halls and trim the tree, play Bing Crosby's Christmas hits from the 12th to the 26th of December. Roast Turkey with all the trimmings and a flambe pudding with brandy custard. I even participated in a community christmas parade for a number of years.

This year however Christmas seems to have skimmed past a lot of people. I know I am not the only who feels that Christmas was cancelled this year because...I am not ashamed to admit this to you my dear readers on the information super highway...I am an avid listener to talk back radio. Thats right and yes I read the opinion collumn in the paper first too.

The airwaves have been flooded with folk seeking a little of that old fashioned cheer. Remember the days when festivals were celebrated without fear of who may be offended? When Rundle mall had tinsel, baubels and trees. Not to mention those unhappy looking elves down the middle, mind you , you would probably not be smiling either if you had a pole shoved up your butt like they did. When the pianist in DJ's would play white christmas and Jingle bells and deck the halls, and that one about chestnuts on an open fire that very few people in adelaide realise is a christmas song because it so American. How many Chestnuts did you roast this christmas? exactly. The first time I had the brilliant idea to get chestnuts i didn't know you had to cook them. They aren't very nice raw take my word for it.

Anyway the point is, there are hardly any decorations up this year, there are no songs and schools aren't making the milk carton reindeers and stained glass cellophane candles we did. I must confess I didn't send cards this year and I didn't have pudding.

Has anyone considered the people who are offended by the total lack of christmas spirit around? I would like to see all the festivals represented by city wide decorations, Christmas, easter, orthodox easter, Kwonza, Chinese New year, MoonCake festival you name it. the city comes alive for fringe and the V8s Lets not make Adelaide more sterile than it already is.

Peace, Love and the end of Political Correctness