MSE News: 51% of people want to CANCEL Christmas

minislim

just bring in legislation that bans xmas until Dec 1st.

that would make a lot of people happy.

most people love xmas. but all this late sept start is really taking the mickey now! all it does is spoil the event!

misiek404

The problem I see here straight away is that a lot of people who are not religious 364 days/year, suddenly feel an urge to celebrate a religious festive day. Because they have no idea how to approach this urge (as they have no interest in religion & faith), they follow the sheep pack and do what everyone else is doing, shop. The sheep pack is led by a sheep dog (a retailing sector) which year after year puts huge effort into convincing you that the more you spend the happier/better/lovelier Xmas you'll have.
No wonder these people are all fed up and want to ban it.

Stop being a sheep and take control of your behaviour. Educate yourself and your family about the true meaning of Christmas.

Pollycat

misiek404 wrote: »

The problem I see here straight away is that a lot of people who are not religious 364 days/year, suddenly feel an urge to celebrate a religious festive day. Because they have no idea how to approach this urge (as they have no interest in religion & faith), they follow the sheep pack and do what everyone else is doing, shop. The sheep pack is led by a sheep dog (a retailing sector) which year after year puts huge effort into convincing you that the more you spend the happier/better/lovelier Xmas you'll have.
No wonder these people are all fed up and want to ban it.

Stop being a sheep and take control of your behaviour. Educate yourself and your family about the true meaning of Christmas.

I don't have an interest in religion or faith (despite my parents making me attend Sunday School until I was in my teens) but when I was a child, many years ago, we still celebrated the 25th of December.
The difference was there wan't the hype that there is now and IIRC it didn't start until much closer to the day itself.
No houses bedecked with millions of lights, no decorations up mid-November.

misiek404

Pollycat wrote: »

I don't have an interest in religion or faith (despite my parents making me attend Sunday School until I was in my teens) but when I was a child, many years ago, we still celebrated the 25th of December.
The difference was there wan't the hype that there is now and IIRC it didn't start until much closer to the day itself.
No houses bedecked with millions of lights, no decorations up mid-November.

My point exactly.

Deadbeat

Mobeer wrote: »

Hope you'll be showing balance MSE by asking if other religions should have their festivals banned too?

How much of what we now regard as Christmas is Christian?

The commercialism? The overeating? The drinking? The decorations? The tree? Santa Claus?

Arguably all Pagan traditions.

Paul_Herring

A whopping 51% of people would cancel Christmas and send Santa and his reindeer packing, according to a MoneySavingExpert.com poll which attracted over 20,000 votes.

Is this one of those scientific polls where the results are weighted according to participants to reflect the weighting of the country, or one of those self-selecting voodoo polls which generate pleasing headlines for the media but are totally unrepresentative and useless as a result?

Thought so.

mai_taylor

Well I love it. No one makes you spend loads on gifts, no one makes you decorate your house. Have the Christmas that you want and just enjoy having a few days off work.

Deadbeat

Paul_Herring wrote: »

Is this one of those scientific polls where the results are weighted according to participants to reflect the weighting of the country, or one of those self-selecting voodoo polls which generate pleasing headlines for the media but are totally unrepresentative and useless as a result?

Thought so.

You sound very upset about a minor 'news' story. Are you the sort of person who gets angry and stamps his feet in an infantile rage when something is not defined exactly the way you want it to be?

Thought so.

Paul_Herring

Deadbeat wrote: »

You sound very upset about a minor 'news' story.

Until it garners the attention of the more mainstream media, and starts getting reported as fact...

Pollycat

Deadbeat wrote: »

You sound very upset about a minor 'news' story. Are you the sort of person who gets angry and stamps his feet in an infantile rage when something is not defined exactly the way you want it to be?

Thought so.

Paul_Herring wrote: »

Until it garners the attention of the more mainstream media, and starts getting reported as fact...

I'm not sure I'd even describe it as a minor news story.
It's just a poll run by MSE and the results reported on by MSE.