Essentially Samantha

 Yes, yes it is. I went out to the shops today. Everywhere I looked from what to wear to a thousand different ways to stuff a turkey, Christmas is commercialised. The meaning of the celebration which is Christs birth has long been forgotten in a xmas bonanza of egg nog lattes and pink xmas tree's.  There are shops specialising in what to wear for xmas, that all important big event, the main attraction being a table stuffed full of treats. But why are you even doing this? Do you even know where the turkey came from? Do you know why we have presents? Do you even know that church is open for a service on xmas day? Do you even know why we celebrate December 25th? or has it all been lost in German markets and crunchy sausages and flat warm beer?  I looked through my copy of Good Housekeeping today and out of around 100 pages telling me what to eat, wear, smell like on the 'big day' I found one article by Rev Kate Botley. She asked the same questions such as is xmas commerciali...

    Went to town today with Barry. We bought a Christmas tree before they put the prices up to silly amounts. Only to find that when we got in and were putting it away, we had an sealed box with a Christmas tree in. Clearly I had bought one last year in preparation for this year. Barry was so impressed with me. I wanted to say though that it is November, we have only just got out of Halloween, and the shops have gone Christmas bonkers already. Down the city centre I am told the Christmas market is out already. Which is a nightmare to navigate as people walk around hypnotised by all the flashing lights and hot Baileys chocolate. Christmas is 6 weeks away, some people are utter sheeple when it comes to Christmas. Spending money on things no one needs, I mean really do you want that Santa snow globe? Im glad I have plans for Christmas already, things booked in advance. The whole point of Christmas is that you slow down not speed up. And has everyone actually forgotten why we have...