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To think we should move Christmas to a different month?

260 replies

Allandria · 16/12/2021 17:47

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.

OP posts:
IWantMoreStationery · 16/12/2021 19:51

@Frogsonglue

This is one of the most fucking ridiculous things I've ever read on here.
This.
godmum56 · 16/12/2021 19:53

@IncessantNameChanger

It's supposed to be the day of Jesus's birth. The entire world celebrates his birth on that day.

You mean move any family meet ups and feasting to another day? You can not move a religious day.

It's very selfish of him to be born on date that now doesn't suit westerners.

and before that it was a celebration and encouragement of the sun's return...Yule
furbabymama87 · 16/12/2021 19:54

It's a Pagan winter festival, the lights being a reminder that the summer will return. The whole point is that it's in winter.

Aderyn21 · 16/12/2021 19:54

The Queen has 2 birthdays, so you can move a celebration to suit.
Personally I wouldn't mind a temporary change to the celebration date until we get on top of things.

LittleBabyCheeses · 16/12/2021 19:55

@Aderyn21

The Queen has 2 birthdays, so you can move a celebration to suit. Personally I wouldn't mind a temporary change to the celebration date until we get on top of things.
That’s great, you can temporarily change your celebration date! No one is stopping you.
Starcup · 16/12/2021 19:56

A hot Christmas??!

Behave yourself

Offmyfence · 16/12/2021 19:56

@Aderyn21

The Queen has 2 birthdays, so you can move a celebration to suit. Personally I wouldn't mind a temporary change to the celebration date until we get on top of things.
Go ahead and do that..... you'll find very few will join you (judging by this thread!).
Lipsandlashes · 16/12/2021 19:58

@Allandria

Why does it HAVE to be in December?

If it’s going to aggravate the situation with flu and covid every year with parties, work dos, big family gatherings and so on then it makes it perfect sense to change the date to a few months later. People would get used to it.

No one is forcing you to celebrate OP. Stay at home on your own, where no one can bother you and kindly leave the rest of us to our Christmas celebrations with family Hmm
LouiseBelchersBunnyEars · 16/12/2021 20:01

@Aderyn21

The Queen has 2 birthdays, so you can move a celebration to suit. Personally I wouldn't mind a temporary change to the celebration date until we get on top of things.
That’s what December is though, his ‘official’ bday.

It’s been established that historians/scholars/scientists know he was definitely born in March/June/August/September (delete as applicable according to which previous poster you choose to believe).
So that’s 5 birthdays already.

We can’t create a 6th, that’s just madness 😂

At this rate we’ll end up like the mad hatters tea party, singing ‘a very happy un-Christmas to you and you and you’

sweeneytoddsrazor · 16/12/2021 20:01

March/April is taken up with Easter, Mothers day, St David, Patrick and George day. May is full of bank holiday maypole dancing. June is Glastonbury, July is Wimbledon. August is summer holidays, Sept harvest, Oct Halloween November fireworks so we are really stuck with Dec, Jan or Feb.

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 16/12/2021 20:02

I thought there was actually evidence that Jesus was born at a different time of year. But when they were trying to convert the pagans to Christianity they decided to celebrate it near the winter solstice to have a combined celebration and get their buy in. So actually the 25th is a made up day anyway

I'd vote to move it, we have new year to celebrate at the end of the year anyway

BellaChagall · 16/12/2021 20:05

An utterly ridiculous post and actually quite offensive to Christians.

supersop60 · 16/12/2021 20:11

@Allandria

Why does it HAVE to be in December?

If it’s going to aggravate the situation with flu and covid every year with parties, work dos, big family gatherings and so on then it makes it perfect sense to change the date to a few months later. People would get used to it.

It's not just Christmas in the UK. It's worldwide and has been so for about 1800 years. Good luck with that.
hufflepuffnstuff · 16/12/2021 20:11

No, Jesus wasn't born on December 25th. I'm a Christian, and I don't want to move Christmas to summer, but really, there's nothing special in a religious way about the 25th of December. It wouldn't matter what day we celebrate Christ's birth, imo. It's all about intention.

But to the point, this is a crazy suggestion. Grin Of course we aren't moving Christmas to another month! Ridiculous!

xxxGirlCrushxxx · 16/12/2021 20:12

@BellaChagall

An utterly ridiculous post and actually quite offensive to Christians.
I know....can you imagine if it was suggested EID/chinese new year/other religious celebration all move?
justaddcandlelight · 16/12/2021 20:17

This has to be a 'joke' surely?

BoredZelda · 16/12/2021 20:18

When we’ve had awful flu seasons in the past were you calling to move Christmas?

I had a really bad cold four years in a row over Christmas. At that point I did complain why wasn’t Christmas in the not cold bug season.

CathyorClaire · 16/12/2021 20:29

Christmas on 25th December: closing on 1700 years and even then it was piggy-backing on existing mid-winter festivals.

Upstart Covid: closing in on 2 years and might last another eighteen months to five years depending which expert you favour.

Game over.

JuergenSchwarzwald · 16/12/2021 20:35

@BellaChagall

An utterly ridiculous post and actually quite offensive to Christians.
It really isn't, Christmas is just Christians taking over a pagan festival anyway.
PferdeMerde · 16/12/2021 20:36

May I take the opportunity to say hello to Daily mail readers and Merry Christmas, you twunts.

(You just know this is going to get picked up by the papers which I’m sure DEFINITELY wasn’t OPs intention)

BlackCatz · 16/12/2021 20:41

What a load of bollocks.

JuergenSchwarzwald · 16/12/2021 20:41

@Valaris

I wish Xmas was end of Jan. There's more chance of it snowing on Xmas day. AND Jan is such a shit month. Would be nice to only have 4 weeks of winter left after Xmas until spring rather than the endless drab, grey days with simmer so far away!
And even by the end of Jan there would be a bit more daylight to play with.

I am starting a campaign for a Candlemas celebration.

Theluggage15 · 16/12/2021 20:44

What a stupid idea. Why don’t you just move south of the equator? This weird idea that seem to have appeared during this pandemic is that no one ever had to contend with illnesses before and everything must change because some people seem to have a covid fetish/obsession. Everyone I know is just getting on with their lives.

nosyupnorth · 16/12/2021 20:44

@Kinneddar

So how would this work. You do realise Christmas is celebrated the world over. Its summer in some countries and winter in others. So do we move it to OUR summer which means other countries will be winter or do we have it as a summer holiday so countries will celebrate it different dates 🤔

You do realise Christmas isn't just a nice wee holiday. It actually has a meaning

Might be best you don't come online after a few sherries.

Batshit thread 🙄

I understand it now! Christmas and covid being at the same time ia all a clever conspiracy by the Australlians to weak us so they can leave their sunny shores and invade our rain soaked ones, Allandria is clearly just suggesting that we turn their plot back against them! Grin
MrsHookey · 16/12/2021 20:46

Yeah January. It's pretty bleak in Jan.

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