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Sunday 6 November 2011

1111.06 BONFIRES, WITCHES & CHRISTMAS TREES


I'm more than a little annoyed that my mobile blogging app, BlogPress, has not worked since I updated my iPhone to iOS5. I am using the native Blogger app to compose this for formatting later on a PC.


Anyway, this is not the purpose of my post today. It's the beginning of November and that means Guy Fawkes night, the traditional celebration of a failed Catholic terrorist plot from 1605. Whilst for us there was no bonfire (we rarely have one) we did set of some fireworks whilst down visiting my Mother in Law.

That's where the witches come in, well one in particular. The aforementioned Mother in Law who returned with us to stay for the week. It's been a difficult preparation getting the house together for the visit. I'm hoping Morticia will get a lot from the visit, at the end of the week she will be returning with her mother to St Neots for the following week. It will mean rest bite for us both, I think we both need it.

I noticed over the last few weeks Christmas trees have been appearing and television adverts have turned to seasonal subjects. I'm not a big fan of Christmas commercialism and I hate how early the 'silly' season starts. How long until Christmas starts in August?

2 comments:

chocolat lover said...

Christmas seems to "officially" start at the end of August...

...I think it should start at the beginning of November, that then gives people almost 2 months to get sorted ;o)

Hopefully Morticias Mum will help out a bit...

...well you never know ;o)

The Captain said...

Christmas has lost it's way, we need to learn how to appreciate the season as it was intended and not a retail tool to spend cash we don't have.