Well that's it for another year with the Christmas decorations, the house now looks quite empty. I am always a bit ambivalent about Christmas as the true meaning seems to have been lost in the storm of commercialism that it entails. However this is the first time I have felt sad about taking the decorations down for a good number of years.
The commercialism bandwagon ploughs remorselessly onwards though to the next "occasion" in the calendar. I think I heard the first advert for valentines day on Thursday which I did find somewhat depressing. I believe that our ancestors would be astounded that the passing of the seasons and the festivals of the year are no longer marked by feasting and great high church days but by the jingling of the cash registers and the forcefed adverts of the 21st century.
How sad
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