Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
Recently I’ve seen any number of pubs in my area beseeching me to Book Early For Christmas. Early is the operative word - according to my diary there is still two-and-a-half months to go. In town today I saw Santa smiling from posters in WH Smith and Argos, two-for-one on Christmas toys in Morrisons and fully illuminated artificial trees, fairy lights, tinsel and herds of fluffy reindeer in a department store.
Has the Baby Jesus begun to feel under threat from Halloween and Black Friday and launched a pre-emptive strike? Or is it a carefully organised campaign by the Ministry of Propaganda to distract us proles’ attention from the bad times that are just around the corner (unless you run a hedge fund?)
I fear that if I hear the bloody Pogues groaning over the PA in Tesco before the end of the month I may not be responsible for my actions.
Have you noticed how the Christmas rants start earlier every year?
Has the Baby Jesus begun to feel under threat from Halloween and Black Friday and launched a pre-emptive strike? Or is it a carefully organised campaign by the Ministry of Propaganda to distract us proles’ attention from the bad times that are just around the corner (unless you run a hedge fund?)
I fear that if I hear the bloody Pogues groaning over the PA in Tesco before the end of the month I may not be responsible for my actions.
Have you noticed how the Christmas rants start earlier every year?