Away on a Merry-go-round
Every year there is a Christmas display in the shopping centre in our neighbouring town of Milton Keynes. This year is no different and even though I try and stay away from this crazy place and the waves of morons pushing their way past the shops with kids, pushchairs and a gazillion shopping bags full of useless stuff that they can not afford and have to pay for by credit cards which they won't be able to pay off when it appears on their statements in January, I had the misfortune to join them as we are apparently having 16 people invading our home for Christmas!
Now in past years the Christmas display had (as you would expect) a Christian theme but this is obviously not acceptable any more as it could be seen as discriminating against . . . well . . everything else!
Here are some pictures to explain what I am on about:
Santa's Grotto has been replaced by some house with creatures flying out through the top window! ???
There seems to be a pirate ship featuring in the nativity play these days!?
Seems like the 'fat bearded one' has been replaced by a pirate in red coat!
There are now trolls and goblins which seemed to have replaced the angels of the Lord!
and to top it all, the manger where the Lord Jesus Christ was born has been effectively replaced by a carousel, which seems to tell us that we are all on the merry-go-round of life!
So from now on would you kindly refer to Christmas as
The Feast of goblins, pirates and Red Indians*!
(* There was also a display of Red Indians smoking the peace pipe but I just couldn't bring myself to photograph it!)
Also . . .
I have been tagged by Yara and here then is my list of 10 simple pleasures:
Top 10 Simple Pleasures:
- Snuggling in with my wife
- Watching a movie
- Drinking a nice cup of Cappuccino
- Laughing at a good joke
- Playing "Trivial Pursuit" with friends
- Writing on my blog
- Playing my guitar
- Having a beer with a friend
- Going to a Live Concert of a band
- Cooking a nice meal
I am tagging Desert Songbird, Marnie and Momto3cubs