To think we should move Christmas to a different month?

[Allandria]

Christmas and all it’s super-spreading events seems to come smack-bang in the middle of Covid and flu season.

Since covid and it’s ever-changing variants appear to be here for good would it not make sense to rearrange Christmas dates?

Perhaps March or April instead.

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Got the image of a Santa in his budgie smuggler and all the Christmas Carols being rewritten "see amid the winter snow", "in the deep mid-winter' don't quite fit with June and Christians shuffling all their religious celebrations to totally different seasons.

If you want to celebrate Christmas in June - crack on, nothing stopping you except common sense.

@Allandria

It’s not to ‘suit me’ but for the covid situation. If we’re going to take it seriously then it really does make perfect sense to change the month Christmas falls. It will make the yearly winter flu and covid situation way better.

How? It will still be wet and cold and socialising will be mostly indoors as a result. Do you only socialise with other people at Christmas?

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. Blessed be

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@dementedma

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. Blessed be

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Up there for most ridiculous post I've ever seen

Obvious wind up. Are you that bored OP? There's a few films on the TV tonight you know.

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Santa in a red mankini - just no 🥴

Apologies only read half thread if anyones mind has gone where mine went

Maybe you could move to Australia OP?

Because mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on christmas day.

It's in December to stop us going mad in the cold dark miserable winter. I wish we could rearrange bloody covid. Big Christmas spoiling bastard.

.... The fuck?

I just.... What?!

@cavalierkingc

Because mary's boy child Jesus Christ was born on christmas day.

Long time ago the NHS was overwhelmed with omicron.

So Allandria prayed to God, to move the Birthday of his son

Hark now hear the angels sing, the saviour he did sway

Now Mary's boy child Jesus christ was born in April or May.

😂😂 we could work with that I think 😂😂

Would you have Christmas on different dates around the world to make sure it was always in summer? You could have Christmas world tours where you could experience Christmas multiple times a year

Lets also move Easter to a more convenient time. I love Easter and that lovely long weekend in Spring, so much more relaxed than Christmas. However, whoever decides the dates of these religious holidays clearly has not spaced out the dates appropriately or consulted people. It is just to close to christmas and then nothing until the end of the year.

Also no consideration about how difficult and busy a December date is for Christmas. It is just so busy with advent and all those Santa trains, school plays, winter wonderland etc. I am not religious these days but grew up in a religious family.

OP, religious holidays are still very important to lots of people and even if it is not something you personally believe in, our laws and public holidays are based on the fact we are historically a Christian country. Just because we are increasingly secular, there is no reason not to continue traditions and promote family time and celebration. I live and work in a very multicultural city- would you tell Muslims to move ramadam/ eid (which of course is not a set date) because it is not conveineint? All my jewish/muslim/Sikh/hindu friends also celebrate xmas in a low key way because culturally it is a big festival. They also respect that it is a religious festival which seems to be totally lost to many people. You do not have to believe to respect that.

Your post is ignorant and insulting at best.

Winter would be really shit without it!

Is that you NannyandJohn?

No-one's forcing you to celebrate Christmas - if you don't want to (for any reason), then don't.

But you can't expect everyone else to do what you want to do and move the whole festival because you'd prefer that - you do what you want, and everyone else can do what they want, religion-wise and tradition-wise.

Ok I know JC wasn't born on Dec 25th, cos we don't know when he was born. But my birthday is July. Can I change it. (Actually I don't want to, I like having a summer birthday.)

Even Unitarians believe December is the best time to celebrate JC's birthday. Whilst they say he was born some time around September, they think breaking up the dark winter months with something to look forward to is a good idea, esp. if it involves being Christ-like.

@Spidey66 You can always be like our own dear Queen and have two birthdays!

No I'm not up for a warm Christmas.

But I've always wanted there to be something in February too. A reason for the lights to stay up outside peoples houses as January and February are such dark loooong months. I feel like a weekend of lights and music and food in February would lift the mood.

@ABCeasyasdohrayme

Your re-write of Boney-M has won the internet for me today. Thanks for the early morning laugh!!

@JulieGoods

No I'm not up for a warm Christmas.

But I've always wanted there to be something in February too. A reason for the lights to stay up outside peoples houses as January and February are such dark loooong months. I feel like a weekend of lights and music and food in February would lift the mood.

Last year I left my outdoor twinkling lights up until Candlemas in February, as I felt the world really needed the cheer. I’m going to do the same this year.