Would you abolish Christmas?

wretcheddomain · 23-12-2013 04:59PM #1

...and instead of the current hoo-hah we'd have a normal working week.

It would have the effect of saving a lot of money for many people!

I would.

uch · 23-12-2013 04:59PM

No

Professey Chin · 23-12-2013 04:59PM

No

wretcheddomain · 23-12-2013 05:00PM

uch wrote: »

No

You picked the wrong choice. Sorry. You have to leave the thread now.

rosiem · 23-12-2013 05:00PM

No

kippy · 23-12-2013 05:00PM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

...and instead of the current hoo-hah we'd have a normal working week.

It would have the effect of saving a lot of money for many people!

I would.

Bah Humbug!

Think about the bigger picture and the amount of jobs lost that rely on Christmas.

Think about the even bigger picture and the ridiculously long winters with nothing to look forward to to break em up.

darkpagandeath · 23-12-2013 05:01PM

Just think of all the money pulled out of the Economy if you got rid of Xmas..... All them seasonal jobs too

grey_so_what · 23-12-2013 05:01PM

Boo.

Larianne · 23-12-2013 05:02PM

No.

I don't like Christmas but I can see how much joy it brings to people and their families.

It's idiots themselves spending lots and lots of money on gifts. It doesn't need to be done.

Keep Christmas.

P_1 · 23-12-2013 05:02PM

Nah. If ye don't like it it's a few days off. If ye like it well you're in pig in shtie mode.

RayM · 23-12-2013 05:02PM

No.

Although I would abolish blue Christmas lights.

sdanseo · 23-12-2013 05:02PM

The grinch has learnt to use the internet, make it stop

porsche959 · 23-12-2013 05:03PM

Wouldn't abolish it outright but I'd honestly prefer the US custom of just having a few days' off.

agriman27 · 23-12-2013 05:03PM

Christmas brightens up the darkest days of the winter and brings a bit of life to a miserable time of year

MadsL · 23-12-2013 05:11PM

porsche959 wrote: »

Wouldn't abolish it outright but I'd honestly prefer the US custom of just having a few days' off.

Few?

The wife is working Christmas Eve, and is back to work on the 26th.

Kettleson · 23-12-2013 05:12PM

Oh I wish it could be Christmas everyday.

krudler · 23-12-2013 05:17PM

The lead up to it is a pain in the hole but the day itself is grand, meet family, veg out, watch movies and eat your own weight in junk. It's one of the few days where everything comes to a crawl and you just chill out, and you need that occasionally.

jubella · 23-12-2013 05:17PM

Grinch.

spankysue · 23-12-2013 05:24PM

No. I couldn't care less that I have no money left after it.

The fridge is at it's fullest, I'll get to see family and friends that I don't get to see very often and see the joy on our nieces and nephews faces as they open their presents, why would I want to abolish that?!

Mr. CooL ICE · 23-12-2013 05:25PM

No.

I'm a baby-eating atheist and think the entire thing stinks of hypocrisy, commercialism and extreme materialism and the music associated with it is like nails to a chalkboard to me. But it is the one time of year that I know my family are guaranteed to be together and that all my emigrated friends are going to be back in the country.

And the food. Why would you get rid of the food?

SV · 23-12-2013 05:26PM

No. I'd abolish everyone who gives out about it though

PlanIT Computing · 23-12-2013 05:27PM

MadsL wrote: »

Few?

The wife is working Christmas Eve, and is back to work on the 26th.

Surely the best present any man can get???

Necro · 23-12-2013 05:31PM

No.

Dfmnoc · 23-12-2013 05:33PM

I'd change it back to a pagan holiday and leave the pubs open

Holsten · 23-12-2013 05:44PM

Im not the most pro Christmas person but I wouldn't get rid.

I think sometimes people need to tone it down though.

anncoates · 23-12-2013 05:48PM

LordChessington wrote: »

No.

I'm a baby-eating atheist and think the entire thing stinks of hypocrisy, commercialism and extreme materialism and the music associated with it is like nails to a chalkboard to me. But it is the one time of year that I know my family are guaranteed to be together and that all my emigrated friends are going to be back in the country.

And the food. Why would you get rid of the food?

So basically you like it but still feel duty bound to deliver a hipster caveat that nobody really requires.

Frank Lee Midere · 23-12-2013 05:56PM

Dfmnoc wrote: »

I'd change it back to a pagan holiday and leave the pubs open

It can be as pagan as you want and "keeping the pubs open" would ruin Christmas for many.

(The sad obsession with pubs in this country. Take a day off from the pub and get scuttered at home.)

Frank Lee Midere · 23-12-2013 05:59PM

porsche959 wrote: »

Wouldn't abolish it outright but I'd honestly prefer the US custom of just having a few days' off.

We have that here. I can work today, tomorrow, and Friday. I choose not to. The office is open but most people are off. In the US they would have taken a few days off around Thanksgiving leaving them with fewer by Christmas.

OldNotWIse · 23-12-2013 06:02PM

No, but I would put a ban on Christmas advertising until a week before, and I would have a staggered system whereby people born on even dates could shop every second day, and those born on odd dates could shop every other day. I would also ban the term "boxing day" from Irish screens and I'd shoot the lispy fuucker in our church who murders Oh Holy Night every year but...aside from all that...keep it!

weirdspider · 23-12-2013 06:03PM

I think you're in your own little bubble of negativity there. Most people enjoy the festive season because it makes the gloomy days of winter less miserable. If you wish to take that away then you'd be a complete pessimist.

The Backwards Man · 23-12-2013 06:04PM

Since the dawn of time people have been dancing and having sex in winter. Aboloshing Christmas will have no bearing on this whatsoever.

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