"Christmas is a holy day.
At least it was until capitalism and imperialism transformed it to exploit the masses."
here here Paul, I am with you 100% on that. And I do not object to religion at all, except when it causes war, each to their own comfort.
as most who know me I do not celebrate Christmas, and have wanted to opt out for decades, but only actually abstained for eight years, this year I entered "the scene" a tiny bit because I did not want four grandchildren and two teenage step grandchildren to miss getting a present from me, but that's it!
many thanks to those who sent me Christmas cards, the thoughts are appreciated, you know who you are, I would like to remind my friends that I don't send Christmas cards at all, instead I donate ?120 annually by standing order, to cancer research and have done for more than 30 years, I will not allow the card makers and their subcontractors, the selling shops and the post office to take any of this money, I don't even allow cancer research UK to mail me news items and updates, that took a bit of doing but I got there in the end, don't waste this precious money, I do read newspapers and I watch the TV news, This year I received a card which was supporting a charity, I thought "that must be good" and then I noticed the tiny percentage of net profits which was paid, it made me cross, the envelop cost more to have the glue pasted on to it!
CLEM
