Christmas seems to start later and later each year...

Asda had Christmas trees up in July.

I wouldn't worry about it,the way things are going it won't be long before its cancelled for the risk of offending others

In the good old USA they already are saying "Happy Holidays"!

It's because of the pagans, not the Christians.

The Christians decided to celebrate the Birth of Jesus at the same time at which the non-Christians had for thousands of years been celebrating the days getting longer again after the shortest day (21 Dec.). Holly and ivy, yule logs, evergreen fir trees ... just about all the stuff of Christmas had been part of the pagan celebrations of the solstice ages before the God-botherers emerged.

I suppose the thinking was that if people were already joyfully welcoming the birth of a new year, then you could claim that they were actually celebrating the Birth of Christ, and were all members of your religion.

Oh, well wish we would celebrate the longest day rather than the shortest day.  Bloody pagans, theyve always been trouble.

Sunrise at the solstice in Somerset, 2010:



Christmas in Beanotown 1970:



Admit it. You're getting excited already.

I will be in Jeddah on christmas day, so No. Looking forward to boxing day mind.

Don't you mean Cheddar?

lovely picture of the M5 there Screaming. Looks so peaceful. Those were the days.

Jeddah Corbyn?

I noticed a couple of weeks ago that the True Movies Xmas channel had already started!

I see they've deleted rob_dylan's post yesterday evening in which he complained about having to take his Bank Holidays in lousy weather in the middle of winter because of a bunch of Christian fairy stories. (Hence my post about how the Christians just hijacked pagan midwinter celebrations.)

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"Actually I'm spending Christmas in Jeddah meself."

Good news if it is starting later.

Maybe a good strategic target would be to aim for the 12 Days of Christmas starting on the 25th of December.

All the christmas cards I send out are by that modern toss firm Sultan.  I think they are brilliant:

http://shop.moderntoss.com/collections/christmas-cards

Good spot screaming, blasphemy laws still alive and kicking on chitchat.

it was you that put me onto them rob, love modern toss, particularly the 'cheese and wine' ones.

Person A:"I hear Peter's having goose for Christmas"

person B: "Peter's a fkin ponce"

Christmas would be intolerable if it didn't snow.

Worth buying Private Eye every fortnight just for the Modern Toss "Desperate Business" cartoon.

Miserable chav couple seated in cinema. The bloke's holding up an i-Pad.

"Oi mate!" says the usher. " It's illegal to film in here."

"I'm not filming. I'm watching something else."

ha ha screaming, never knew they were in private eye, might consider buying it for the first time in about a decade now.

From the 9 January edition this year. Miserable looking bird sitting in armchair unwrapping DVD in front of her fella.

"Didn't I give you this for Christmas?"

"Yeah, I didn't like it. Happy birthday."

i've got that one as a birthday card right next to me in my desk now.  I've 15 of them in my top drawer, follow that link to their website, some of the cards are great.  Cheese and Wine are good also Work.  Loads of great christmas card ones too.  Possibly my favourite is Cheese and Wine:

Man 1:  Have you heard about Peter's new car?

Man 2:  NO.  Have you seen my sign?  (He's wearing a big sandwich board saying "fk off I'm not interested")

Vicar and a few fed-up relatives gathered around a freshly dug grave. Bored-looking pall bearers approaching with coffin. One of them is holding out something towards one of the relatives.

"Have one of our loyalty cards. I've already stamped it for this one."

Christmas .The worst time of the year.Shops closed,no public transport,rubbish on TV,no horse racing etc.etc.Should be banned !

I have an inexplicable fear of being given presents.

artie  • October 19, 2015 5:48 PM BST 
Christmas .The worst time of the year.Shops closed,no public transport,rubbish on TV,no horse racing etc.etc.Should be banned !

You been in a deep sleep artie. Not been like that for years or is that just Scotland?

Got to confess I'm a lover of Christmas.
Get all the shopping/presents done early, top up on Christmas eve then sit back and enjoy the next few days.

You been in a deep sleep artie. Not been like that for years or is that just Scotland? " That's how it is in Yorkshire.

They have next years Christmas cards up already, selling last years old stock off cheaply.

It will be winter soon, and the snow will swirl. How I am looking forward to that.

Boss.  What's your worst fault?

Employee.  Honesty.

Boss.  I don't really think that a fault.

Employee.  I don't give a sh it what you think.

Christmas will begin after the shops clear out all of the Halloween crap.

What's this all about,btw.

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http://www.countdowntochristmas.co.uk/

You can hear the lovely choir singing carols inside the church.

I like to stand outside when they`re singing inside.