Not totally clear but the blue sphere is an almost life sized version of one of those glass globes you shake and snow falls for a minute or so. This one is operated by gas or electricity or newclean power or magic for all I care. It is there to inform passers-by that they should book early for their Christmas 'do'. Why firms want to have a Christmas 'do' is beyond me. It is a well know fact that any Christmas 'do' involving more than 20 people from the same company ends up with at least 2 black eyes, one divorce, and two sacking and god knows how many pregnacies and enough embarassing moments to fill 9 minutes on Eastenders.
Now I took this photo two weeks ago on Sept 30th which is 86 days to Christmas. Summer season has only just come to a close and Christmas is being shoved in our faces. I know some one will have already have seen some thing sooner that that is asking us to celebrate the birth on Earth of that well know son of god but I will vote for any political party no matter how far to the left and quiet far to the right that promises me it will ban any mention of Christmas before Advent (1) has started. Oh yes; the next day I went past B & Q Hardware store and they had 20 plastic xmas trees in the window. I'm not even going to take a photo, you get nothing for being second. Not even your photo on this blog.
Footnote (1) Advent, for those of you who are not, or have never been a member of the Christian Party starts the first Sunday in December.
Forgot to mention, just in case you feel like having a Christmas 'do' or indeed you feel like boycotting some where that mentions Christmas in September the pub is the Half Moon in Paignton.
3 comments:
It gives me great pleasure to share the magic of Christmas, as this is the most awaited one from the beginning of the year. Rather than being happy over a new born year, I usually end up spending all my energy imagining about yet another Christmas that I shall be celebrating in a better way than the one i did the previous year. Peep into this amazing Christmas Blog to check out some really cool stuffs
Any company Christmas 'do' means you end up stuck with the same people you've worked with for the past x years.
Someone down this way in Plymouth was in the paper for having put up their decorations already. And they were proud of it
Sorry Dave, slight point of order, but the Advent starts the fourth Sunday before Christmas - this year it's 3rd December.
PG (aka Pilgrim Dan)
Bah Humbug!
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