Comments on: Merry Christmas Everyone! http://meanderingramblings.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/merry-christmas-everyone/ Whatever is inside my head......sorry about the mess! Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:56:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: stepfordtart http://meanderingramblings.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/merry-christmas-everyone/#comment-55 stepfordtart Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:53:07 +0000 http://meanderingramblings.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-55 Every year I get an advent calendar shipped in from my sister in Belgium. Over there they seem to appreciate that "Christmas" really OUGHT to at least have a nod towards the baby Jesus, shepherds, stable, kings and all that. No chocolate, no Hannah Montana, no Simpsons, no iceskating Winnie the Pooh. Just a nice nativity scene, with little pictures behind the windows. My kids, big tho they are, think thats a "proper" advent calendar. They have the chocolatey crap ones over at their dad's - every year they come home and say "grandma got us one of those stupid countdown things with the chocolate in". It makes me feel vindicated! Dont even get me started on my annual hunt for Christmassy (instead of 'seasonal') Christmas cards! Lest you think Im some kind of religious zealot, Im not. I just think if you're going to celebrate a religious festival......! Ive certainly never seen celebration cards for festivals of other religions whcih didnt at least make some kind of reference to the occasion. Rant over. s x PS Lidl has celeriac on special offer this week! You can mash it (lovely with beef) or roast it like normal spuds. YUM! Every year I get an advent calendar shipped in from my sister in Belgium. Over there they seem to appreciate that “Christmas” really OUGHT to at least have a nod towards the baby Jesus, shepherds, stable, kings and all that. No chocolate, no Hannah Montana, no Simpsons, no iceskating Winnie the Pooh. Just a nice nativity scene, with little pictures behind the windows. My kids, big tho they are, think thats a “proper” advent calendar. They have the chocolatey crap ones over at their dad’s – every year they come home and say “grandma got us one of those stupid countdown things with the chocolate in”. It makes me feel vindicated!

Dont even get me started on my annual hunt for Christmassy (instead of ’seasonal’) Christmas cards!

Lest you think Im some kind of religious zealot, Im not. I just think if you’re going to celebrate a religious festival……! Ive certainly never seen celebration cards for festivals of other religions whcih didnt at least make some kind of reference to the occasion. Rant over. s x

PS Lidl has celeriac on special offer this week! You can mash it (lovely with beef) or roast it like normal spuds. YUM!

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