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' anada "J'accuse Xmas" 13 jan '
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So Christmas (or Xmas as I like to write because I�m a rather sad,
pedantic atheist) has been and gone and thank fuck for that. Xmas is even
less fun than New Year�s eve as this is forced �enjoyment� with your family.
Forced enjoyment is excruciating enough, and there�s scarcely anything worse
than when it falls when you�re in a bad mood, but when you have to pretend
to have fun AND like all your family you just want to run away screaming.
I hope your Xmas was great, by the way, and you got all you wished
for from this occasion.
It is a clich� that families row during Xmas and why is that? It�s
because it�s Xmas. We find we put so much pressure on ourselves not only to
have fun but to have a sense of togetherness, kinship within the family
unit, as it�s forced down our red-raw propaganda slots, that we totally lose
it at the slightest sign of discord.
It�s the same feeling that Xmas has to be a perfect time, surrounded
by loving relatives that drives The Alone to suicide. Jesus, isn�t Xmas
shit?
I�m not a Scrooge. I go significantly into debt to fund the present
buying, just so I can justify getting presents. I confess it puts a smile
on my face to get a present right and create gasps of joy from an elderly
relative. I like eating chocolate and drinking rich alcoholic beverages but
I don�t really like it in the context of Xmas.
Think about it. What happened 4 Xmases ago. Can you remember? Can
you remember anything much about Xmas in 1992? Nope, neither can I.
And what�s all this crap about Festive Spirit and �a time to be kind
to your fellow man�. EVERDAY should be a time to be kind to your fellow
man! It should be everyday that your boss comes in and insists we start the
working day with a glass of bucks fizz and at least every other day he sends
you home an hour early.
All right, I went a bit far then but I mean we should help people out
and be understanding at all times. It is typical of Man that we should
attempt to come up with a festive �period�. To ghettoise the community
instinct to the depths of winter is poetically telling of our flaws.
Still, I suppose without Xmas we wouldn�t get ANY presents or enjoy a
short period in the year when bosses smile at you, every other colleague
brings in mince pies and chocolates and your employer virtually pays for
your food for about a week with Xmas parties.
But then without Xmas we wouldn�t have to travel in the worst weather
possible for hours visiting family and spending $100 in unleaded (it�s $1.16
per litre in Britain!!) to do it which is just about paid for by the Xmas
money you get.
The only thing you can�t argue about it is it�s going to happen every
year for the rest of your life. Merry life.
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` anada259 by Schoolboy (c) 2001 anada e'zine `