Was my mum right all along..?

[CliveAntichrist]

My mother is a one off..a real character..a victim of her generation and with many strange quirks and views. There's way too much for me to explain, but..she has always said since I was a little girl that around this time of year, loads of bad shit happens. Train crashes, murders, drownings..you name it.

Something (according to her) about the 'dark' time of year..The Pagan time of Yule and a darkness that descends.

Ok..she's a bit batshit..but actually, looking at what is happening in the news at the moment, and actually if I think back, there does seem to be an uncanny amount of bad shit that happens around November/December.

Does anyone else see this, or am I destined to follow in my crazy mothers footsteps?

There’s bad shit happening all the time.
Perhaps we’re just more aware of it at this time of year when the nights are longer

I dunno..it just seems to snowball at this time of year (pardon the pun)

Maybe because it gets darker earlier. Surely accidents are more likely in the dark?

Bad stuff happens all year round. Most of it happens because so many humans are horrible.

Darkness, bad weather, financial pressure due to Christmas, the strain of being cooped up, more festivities and therefore more alcohol.
And then of course we’re exposed to the news more. We’re inside, we’re watching more tv.. so it feels worse.

That's interesting, I think of this time as the beginning of Advent and everyone being nice to each other and enjoying the time between the light festivals and Christmas!

Square peg, round hole. Seeing a pattern only after something has been brought to your attention that you wouldn't have noticed before, or put any consequence to.

I accept that we are more exposed to bad news these days.

I just aware painfully aware that in the last few days there has been a relentless reporting of murders, cruelty, crashes and natural disasters.

Lots of famous people will die between now and Xmas day one after another after another. Always happens

We've had months/years of natural disasters and human cruelty is never ending

So what's unusual in the last few weeks?

It's just lack of daylight, poor weather, the first icy roads, that affects people's moods and judgement. Nothing spooky about it at all - just human reactions to a physically more dangerous environment and reduced daylight.

@HaroldSteptoesHorse

Lots of famous people will die between now and Xmas day one after another after another. Always happens

Interesting...is there a connection with this time of year?

Bowie, George Michael, Freddie M....

I think because of the connection she has made, bad things are more noticed.
Like, before you buy a Volvo you see no one driving them - but afterwards there seem to be stacks of Volvos about.

And the Winter Solstice marks the time of year when we begin to return to the light.

Many of the bad things we are seeing in the news now actually happened in the summer, we are just getting to hear of that now because there are court processes in progress.

Well probably the worst thing to happen this year was the Taliban seizing power and that was August so im going to say no, your mum is not correct

Train crashes, murders, drownings..you name it.

Surely drownings are more common in the summer months, with people heading to the water to try to cool down in the hotter weather?

I actually agree with her. I've had two close family members die suddenly in the weeks leasing up to Christmas and unfortunately because of that I just feel this impending sense of doom at this time of year. It's horrible.

I have heard of "The dark days of Christmas" before

I think what's happening is that you are turning in to your mum