One of the large electronic stores is opening its doors today for the so called “middle days sales”. The middle days are between Christmas and New Year, some people work, and some stores start their sales. The sales have started on the 27th normally, but in recent years they have opened on the 26th, but the 25th takes the biscuit and grand prize for capitalist initiative. Now don’t get too excited, in Sweden Chritmas celebrations happen on Christmas eve, Santy comes about 4:10 pm (just after the Donald Duck Christmas special which starts at 3:00 pm) and everybody gets their presents. But the question is do they know it’s Chritmas time at all? (ever heard that one before?)
The whole point of Christmas is of course getting shed loads of presents right? and what about Jesus Christ oh yes he was born about 2000 years ago and was the start point for a world religion called christianity which became less interesting in the latter part of the 1900’s due to lack of interest and paedophile priests. Some shadows of the former world religion exist and lots of people still pay lip service, but do they all really believe? Well that question is hard to answer, people only show up to mass because they always have done and to see what the neighbours are wearing. God in his infinite wisdom moves in mysterious ways I mean Rev. Ian Paisley is one big mystery but back to the point. Is He (GOD) going into retirement and going to allow Money to take over his position completely, judging by the crowd at church yesterday I would say He’s just running on idle (or having to spend more time on being Allah as the swing in popularity goes east I mean he has to be one God for all), crowd is a bad word to describe the congregation. Now there maybe a few differences from childhood for example I live in Sweden not Ireland and the church was Lutheran not Catholic, that aside the crowds at church when I were a lad was like all Ireland Day at Croke Park they had to put loud speakers out in the car park to cater for the throngs that could not get in. This crowd was more like Irish speaking Ulster Unionist appreciation society meeting in Tralee i.e. not very large. The priest did his best but he was boring and the sermon was supposed to enligten the children about the mystery of Christmas but he was more interested in trying to dum it down talking about wise men in the camel parking area, no good for the story but a few lips moved outwards in a gesture near the beginning of a smile. The church emptied in about 2 minutes and off home we went to our grub.
So under our yuletide meal which we washed down with ecological wine from Argentina probably some pal of Galtieri owns the vineyard (more tangents) we pondered on the meaning of Christmas and then after Donald Duck I helped to perpetuate the myth of Santy by disappearing and reappearing dressed as the big fat guy with the red clothes except that I could not find the red suit only the hat and beard so I donned my orange rain gear and green boots and said that there had been fierce rain at the north pole (topical climate question global warmimg and all). The kids looked at me with suspicious eyes until the parcels started flowing from Santys bag.
Rev. Ian would have been delighted with me Orange santy clothes and service at the protestant church…it’s a conspiracy. Happy Chritmas.(soon time for the sale)
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