Christmas - Here We Come

brummytom · 01-11-2009 01:13AM #1

So it's November - White Rabbits people.
Halloween's gone, now comes the endless Christmas adverts.

When do you start to feel 'Christmassy'? Now, Christmas Eve, Never?
For me, it's after Bonfire Night, so after Thursday, I'll start feeling really Christmassy.

I was in town last night with some mates, there were some Christmas lights up. Walking back to my mates, we sang Fairytale of New York - it was great, the Christmassy feeling's been gradually creeping in over the past few weeks but it'll come full throttle hence forth.

So, you feeling Christmassy punk?

smiley girl · 01-11-2009 01:18AM

When do you start to feel 'Christmassy'? Now, Christmas Eve, Never?
For me, it's after Bonfire Night, so after Thursday, I'll start feeling really Christmassy.

Em TONIGHTS bonfire night, isn't it? We had a bonfire tonight, and pretty much the whole area had bonfires. Why do you have it on wednesday?

And in to keep with the topic of the thread... I start to feel chrismassy when i have finished buying any presents i have buy and can relax:D

Jay P · 01-11-2009 01:18AM

Thinkg about Christmas has been making me feel really depressed.

Christmas happens for me on the drive home from my Granny's house on Christmas eve.

Saibh · 01-11-2009 01:18AM

Christmas Eve would be time enough to think about Christmas for me if I had had anything to do with it Tom.

Don't like it all - only good thing I like about it is the few days off work.

jumpguy · 01-11-2009 01:19AM

It's still too early for Christmas threads imo...

Davidius · 01-11-2009 01:21AM

brummytom wrote: »

So it's November

So it is.

Last year I didnt feel very in the mood for Christmas because school ended so close to it and they loved to be dicks about it because it was 6th year. I barely noticed it until the day last year.

I might feel more in the mood for it after Dec 18th as that's when my exams end. I'll have more free time to be out in the dark and horrible cold to enjoy the Christmas feel. Oh yes.

brummytom · 01-11-2009 01:22AM

smiley girl wrote: »

When do you start to feel 'Christmassy'? Now, Christmas Eve, Never?
For me, it's after Bonfire Night, so after Thursday, I'll start feeling really Christmassy.

Em TONIGHTS bonfire night, isn't it? We had a bonfire tonight, and pretty much the whole area had bonfires. Why do you have it on wednesday?

And in to keep with the topic of the thread... I start to feel chrismassy when i have finished buying any presents i have buy and can relax:D

English Thing.
In short, on 5th November 1605 us dirty Catholics (led by a bloke with a lovely beard, called Guy Fawkes) tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament, this became known as the Gunpowder Plot. Fireworks are set off, and 'Guys' traditionally burned on a bonfire, to commemorate the fact they were captured.

It's an amazingly anti-Catholic festival but I like fireworks, so.. ya know

netwhizkid · 01-11-2009 01:22AM

Ah Christmas, time to nail some tasty secretary at the office Christmas bash.

Dartz · 01-11-2009 01:24AM

Humbug.

WeWillBeReborn · 01-11-2009 01:28AM

jumpguy wrote: »

It's still too early for Christmas threads imo...

Then GTFO

For me it starts feeling like Christmas when the weather gets cold and the nights long, so it's getting there

partyatmygaff · 01-11-2009 01:33AM

30th November for me when my exams end.

Christmas exams at the end of november.....

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 01:34AM

It used to be Dec 8th when they lit the Christmas lights in the city centre but judging how everything else is going they'll probably light the lights tomorrow......sad:(

Davidius · 01-11-2009 01:35AM

brummytom wrote: »

English Thing.
In short, on 5th November 1605 us dirty Catholics (led by a bloke with a lovely beard, called Guy Fawkes) tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament, this became known as the Gunpowder Plot. Fireworks are set off, and 'Guys' traditionally burned on a bonfire, to commemorate the fact they were captured.

Oh wow, you really don't know your history. For one, yer man's name was V. Guy Fawkes was the character invented by Alan Moore and he wore a V mask.

Read a history book, jaysus! :pac:

jumpguy · 01-11-2009 01:35AM

whatdoicare wrote: »

It used to be Dec 8th when they lit the Christmas lights in the city centre but judging how everything else is going they'll probably light the lights tomorrow......sad:(

Since when did that start?! I love the lights on Grafton Steet, but starting them now is gonna cheapen the fúck out of it.

Oh well, I suppose I just won't visit Dublin until early December and I'll pretend they just put up the lights.

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 01:43AM

jumpguy wrote: »

Since when did that start?! I love the lights on Grafton Steet, but starting them now is gonna cheapen the fúck out of it.

Oh well, I suppose I just won't visit Dublin until early December and I'll pretend they just put up the lights.

I dunno what they do in Dublin, but the traditional day in Limk used to be the 8th Dec also known as "farmers day"- when everyone in the county would head to the city centre to buy or do business etc., older country people still do follow that tradition and until recently it was the official day (or evening) that the tree and lights in the city centre was lit. We still hang on until then to put up the tree and decorations. It was a nice tradition imo.

Mint Sauce · 01-11-2009 01:44AM

Davidius wrote: »

Oh wow, you really don't know your history. For one, yer man's name was V. Guy Fawkes was the character invented by Alan Moore and he wore a V mask.

Read a history book, jaysus! :pac:

Guy Fawkes

used to love Guy Fawkes/Bonfire night my self, was always something wintery about it, although never assoiated it with christmas

christmas for me usally starts with the mad rush to get all the presents in the week up to it

jumpguy · 01-11-2009 01:48AM

whatdoicare wrote: »

I dunno what they do in Dublin, but the traditional day in Limk used to be the 8th Dec also known as "farmers day"- when everyone in the county would head to the city centre to buy or do business etc., older country people still do follow that tradition and until recently it was the official day (or evening) that the tree and lights in the city centre was lit. We still hang on until then to put up the tree and decorations. It was a nice tradition imo.

Ohhh, sorry I thought you were talking about Dublin (that begins to happen when you read AH too much).

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 01:48AM

Davidius wrote: »

Oh wow, you really don't know your history. For one, yer man's name was V. Guy Fawkes was the character invented by Alan Moore and he wore a V mask.

Read a history book, jaysus! :pac:

Woah waitaminute! Are you serious?? Might want to double check that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

Mint Sauce · 01-11-2009 01:50AM

whatdoicare wrote: »

Woah waitaminute! Are you serious?? Might want to double check that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

erm, check two posts back

brummytom · 01-11-2009 01:51AM

irish-stew wrote: »

Guy Fawkes

whatdoicare wrote: »

Woah waitaminute! Are you serious?? Might want to double check that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

Please be joking :pac:
Did you not get the reference?

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 01:51AM

jumpguy wrote: »

Ohhh, sorry I thought you were talking about Dublin (that begins to happen when you read AH too much).

I know, I know, Dublin is so awesome you wish everyone lived there- actually I kinda do wish I lived there....or Florida......or Spain....or y'know those warm places...:(

Davidius · 01-11-2009 01:51AM

irish-stew wrote: »

Guy Fawkes

Do you just blindly follow everything you read on the internet? No wonder people think Guy Fawkes was real.

Maybe you should watch this documentary and educate yourself a bit.

jumpguy · 01-11-2009 01:52AM

whatdoicare wrote: »

I know, I know, Dublin is so awesome you wish everyone lived there- actually I kinda do wish I lived there....or Florida......or Spain....or y'know those warm places...:(

I don't live in Dublin, but a good chunk of my direct family live there now so I'm up there frequently. And yeah, God I can't wait to get out of this place - Cork, Dublin, even Galway and I'd be delighted.

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 01:53AM

brummytom wrote: »

Please be joking :pac:
Did you not get the reference?

Yes, I got that he mixed history up with a graphic novel- I probably missed a joke there- but I was just too stunned by the statement.

mink_man · 01-11-2009 01:57AM

ah christmas....

mink_man · 01-11-2009 01:58AM

oh and how much time does brummytom, he does always be startin threads!!

Mint Sauce · 01-11-2009 01:59AM

Davidius wrote: »

Do you just blindly follow everything you read on the internet? No wonder people think Guy Fawkes was real.

Maybe you should watch this documentary and educate yourself a bit.

the review, taken from your link, plus i vaugely remember covering it in history about 15 years before that film was released

"Remember, remember the fifth of November," for on this day, in 2020, the minds of the masses shall be set free. So says code-name V (Hugo Weaving), a man on a mission to shake society out of its blank complacent stares in the film V For Vendetta. His tactics, however, are a bit revolutionary to say the least. The world in which V lives is very similar to Orwell's totalitarian dystopia in 1984: after years of various wars, England is now under "big brother" Chancellor Adam Sutler (played by John Hurt, who ironically played Winston Smith in the movie 1984) whose party uses force and fear to run the nation. After gaining power, minorities and political dissenters were rounded up and removed; artistic and unacceptable religious works were confiscated. Cameras and microphones are littered throughout the land, and the people are perpetually sedated through the governmentally controlled media. Taking inspiration from Guy Fawkes, the 17th century co-conspirator of a failed attempt to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, V dons a Fawkes mask and costume and sets off to wake the masses by destroying the symbols of their oppressors, literally and figuratively. At the beginning of his vendetta, V rescues Evey (Natalie Portman) from a group of police officers and has her live with him in his underworld lair. It is through their relationship where we learn how V became V, the extremities of the party's corruption, the problems of an oppressive government, V's revenge plot and his philosophy on how to induce change.

Based on the popular graphic novel by Alan Moore, V For Vendetta's screenplay was written by the Wachowski Brothers (of The Matrix fame) and directed by their protégé James McTeigue. Controversy and criticism followed the film since its inception, from the hyper-stylized use of anarchistic terrorism to overthrow a corrupt government and the blatant jabs at the current US political arena, to graphic novel fans complaining about the reconstruction of Alan Moore's original vision (Moore himself has dismissed the film). Many are valid critiques and opinions, but there's no hiding the message the film is trying to express: Radical and drastic events often need to occur in order to shake people out of their state of indifference in order to bring about real change. Unfortunately, the movie only offers a means with no ends, and those looking for answers may find the film stylish, but a bit empty. --Rob Bracco

Davidius · 01-11-2009 01:59AM

whatdoicare wrote: »

Yes, I got that he mixed history up with a graphic novel- I probably missed a joke there- but I was just too stunned by the statement.

That was the joke. Nobody actually thinks that, bonfire night is even called 'Guy Fawkes Night'. I didn't mean to scare you.

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 02:01AM

Davidius wrote: »

Do you just blindly follow everything you read on the internet? No wonder people think Guy Fawkes was real.

Maybe you should watch this documentary and educate yourself a bit.

Hold on, now I'm confused......you really DO think Alan Moore made up Guy Fawkes to accompany V, the futuristic superhero as opposed to the real Guy Fawlkes born 13 April 1570, Stonegate, Yorkshire?

Ann22 · 01-11-2009 02:03AM

It is really too early isn't it, I've seen ads for Christmas films and Dunnes and Pennys have stocked up on the sparkly decorations, tho' imo this stuff really help to add some cheer and brighten this dull dark time of year. Imagine a Wintertime without Christmas:(. I wait 'til we're well into November before burning cinnamon candles or playing Christmassy cds in the car...but I have started buying presents...and today I bought a lovely little black Savida Christmas party dress in Dunnes today for €25 - happy days. I'd rather the hype was a bit early than only to last a week.

whatdoicare · 01-11-2009 02:04AM

Davidius wrote: »

That was the joke. Nobody actually thinks that, bonfire night is even called 'Guy Fawkes Night'. I didn't mean to scare you.

Still not getting the joke there.........?? You think they named bonfire night after a character Alan Moore created? How famous do you think Alan Moores' comic was before the film??

Christmas - Here We Come

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