Christmas May Die Out......

[mushroom25]

....so says a government review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/10/traditions-such-as-christmas-celebrations-will-die-out-unless-pe/

but really, is that such a bad thing when to most people in britain now (apart from the devout) it has no religious significance and is now nothing more than an orgy of consumerist consumption?

[NoMercy]

I'm not religious and I do celebrate Christmas for all the wrong reasons but I'd hate to see it go.

[Gromit]

Christmas won't die out. The Asians like it too much.

[ummmm]

The only thing I like about Christmas is the time off work.

[-Talbot-]

I like the flashing Santa's

[ivor4781]

dying out !! it will be an all year thing before long as all supermarkets have now got "Christmas " in store, earlier and earlier each year !

[ToraToraTora]

well it's started already this year so I'd say it's a long way from dying out. Christmas has it's basis in religion of course but really it is mostly treated as anything but. I am an atheist but Christmas is so ingrained in our society that it's religious significance is really peripheral to me and I suspect most people.

[anotheoldgit]

Where has this lady been? She talks a lot of sense and it is time someone was brave enough to do so.

She should have been put forward for the PM's job.

[Zacs-Master]

What an absolute load of old pony. Businesses have far too much invested in Christmas to let it die-out. Ironic ain't it.

[anotheoldgit]

Christmas in it's real definition died out years ago, more to the shame.

When I was young, I along with my brother would construct a manger from an old tea chest, furbish it with straw, a small manger, model animals and three wise men, then light it all up with a battery and bulb.

Then of course we would go out carol singing with our own made lanterns made from a tin with an aperture cut out and in which we placed a candle.

That too me was the magic of Christmas.

[Zacs-Master]

I think I can hear a small violin playing.

[Cloverjo]

I don't think of it as a religious celebration, just a family get together and tradition. It's usually the only time of year that I see my sister. I don't see us letting it die out.

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

/// I think I can hear a small violin playing. ///

Just for you Zac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaI8kqdcfp0

[MallyJ]

I really do not like christmas....so I would welcome it's demise...listening to people worrying about the debt they have got into through overspending on gifts that are mostly unwanted or that will be consigned to the back of a cupboard, eating far too much, the drunken behaviour of many and the loneliness of many many people. There is little religious content in most people's Christmas so therefore no reason for the whole country to come to a standstill for the few...

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT, if you were not aware of this woman before now, why on earth do you think she would make a good PM?

[THECORBYLOON]

We still celebrate Guy Fawkes' capture and I am sure there are many who know nothing about the religious connexion so who is to say that the same will not happen to Christmas, come time?

[mushroom25]

//We still celebrate Guy Fawkes' capture and I am sure there are many who know nothing about the religious connexion so who is to say that the same will not happen to Christmas, come time? //

the difference, I think, TCL, is that Mr Fawkes didn't become an icon of his own religion; rather, he was no more than adherent of a particular branch of an existing religion that fell out of favour with the English establishment.

[EDDIE51]

Christmas virtually died out at least 30 years ago. But the commercial celebration that takes place every December is far too big a commercial enterprise to ever be allowed to die out. Remember most shops make at least 35% of the years profit in the last 2 weeks of December! Some make over 75% of the entire years profit in those 2 weeks!
Without fail there is an article like this every year in the newspapers and every year it proves false.

[THECORBYLOON]

What I meant was that as there as those who do not know the connexion between bonfire night, Guy Fawkes and Roman Catholics, there may come a time when the same will happen to Christmas and the meaning behind it will diminish.

[woofgang]

That reads like a bandwagon attempt to get noticed and siphon off some UKIP support.....and I for one would be delighted to see Fireworks Night celebrations die out.

[rockyracoon]

Christmas will never diminish, it is far too much of a money spinner and keeps the likes of Philip Green in their expensive yachts.

The joy of being around young children during advert is golden and can't be replaced IMO.