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Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 07:30
by Darrell71
floragord wrote:We have frequently winced when parcels arrive via Australia Post at the cost of postage, between $40 - $85 generally
HOLY MOTHER OF - !!
That's a bit much, eh?
I'm literally (
when will I learn to say that word in a British accent?
) so done with India right now. Like Christmas is my favorite holiday of all time, I mean, I like it more than my birthday, but the last time I actually got to experience it properly was like 2006. I mean, here in India if we're not particularly busy we get a smallish tree and me and my parents get each other a few gifts, we decorate the tree and that's IT. Last year we didn't get a tree coz we were just way too busy, and now I'm too afraid to ask for one coz I mean they just get it for me, and I'm pretty sure they're gonna give me a "you should've grown out of this by now " look. I mean who in their right minds should grow out of
Christmas?!. In US we used to celebrate coz everyone around us was doing it and as you guys know it's really festive and fun and the whole mood is different, but here, it's just like no one cares. My school used to have a camp every year from the 25th to the 31st of December, so the first year I told them that I couldn't come on the first day coz it was Christmas, and the teacher just gave me a calm fake smile and said, "well then don't celebrate it, the camp is mandatory." YES. No Christmas holidays, no trees, no decorations, just the cold that isn't really cold and no, don't celebrate it coz you have a stupid camp that you HAVE to have right on Christmas day coz who cares about other people and what they like to celebrate? Ooh and Diwali? The Ganpati festival? Wear uncomfortable Indian clothes when it's hot outside and go stuff yourself with food that's all sweet and sit in front of pandits who sing in scratchy voices and don't complain, it's God after all. I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD!! I don't care about the traditions and what God is gonna do to me if I don't go there. I don't
want to watch my poor dog whimper with fear every time a darned firecracker is set off by some uneducated idiot who thinks it's ok to pollute and to cause noise that can harm your hearing. I just wanna enjoy my holidays. And then the one festival/holiday I actually care about isn't even a holiday!! I'm getting out of this place in two years and I'm not coming back any time except JuLy-August coz that's the only time when it actually rains. And yes I love all the processions during Ganpati and the drums, and the pretty lights in Diwali but I don't like it in general.
Ok I may be a bit more than a little annoyed. Just a bit.
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 10:18
by Daisy
Darrell71 wrote:
Ok I may be a bit more than a little annoyed. Just a bit.
Yes, I did just get that impression, Sunskriti, - just a little bit!
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 14:10
by Machupicchu14
My opinion is that India is not really a Christian country, and then one should understand Christmas is not a Hindu festival, and due to the majority of Hindus, then the festivals and celebrations are going to belong to that religion. I know there are other religions, Islam and Christianity for example, but just as well, they celebrate their own traditions. Europe and the American continent have the tradition well rooted, as again, of the Christian majority that used to live there.
(In South America, Catholicism is still very strong there)
And yep it's really sad to be in a country where your own festivals are not considered at all, but you can celebrate it with your own family, and just wait until you get the opportunity to properly celebrate it...
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 14:13
by Machupicchu14
For me Christams means sooo much!!!!
I think it's the most special time of the year....
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 11:57
by Moonraker
Machupicchu14 wrote:My opinion is that India is not really a Christian country, and then one should understand Christmas is not a Hindu festival, and due to the majority of Hindus, then the festivals and celebrations are going to belong to that religion. I know there are other religions, Islam and Christianity for example, but just as well, they celebrate their own traditions. Europe and the American continent have the tradition well rooted, as again, of the Christian majority that used to live there.
(In South America, Catholicism is still very strong there)
And yep it's really sad to be in a country where your own festivals are not considered at all, but you can celebrate it with your own family, and just wait until you get the opportunity to properly celebrate it...
♫♫ Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace... You...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one ♫♫
John Lennon
If only.
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 12:14
by Rob Houghton
My thoughts exactly.
Stevie Wonder (and the Jackson Five who covered it) had the right idea too!
Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free
Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas we'll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care
Someday at Christmas there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shinning moment my heart ran away
From our world today
Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 15:10
by pete9012S
I will humbly add the words of
Slade into the pot too:
Slade - "Merry Xmas Everybody"
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
It's the time that every Santa has a ball
Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer?
Does it ton-up on his sleigh?
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
[Chorus:]
So here it is, Merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you've got the room to spare inside?
Does your granny always tell you
That the old songs are the best?
Then she's up and rock 'n' rolling with the rest
[Chorus:]
So here it is, Merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
What will your daddy do
When he sees your momma kissing Santa Clause?
Aaah ah aaah aahh
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
Are you hoping that the snow will start to fall?
Do you ride on down the hillside
In a buggy you have made?
When you land upon your head
Then you've been "Slade" (slayed)
[Chorus:]
So here it is. Merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
So here it is, Merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
So here it is, Merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
So here it is, Merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
(It's Christmas!)
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 15:53
by Rob Houghton
Very profound, Pete!
I wonder if Anita likes Noddy Holder...
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 17:51
by pete9012S
Ha ha!
Thanks Rob. Didn't Wizzard do a Christmas Song too?
On a serious note, the very last line of this song makes a very poignant point:
"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
When the snowman brings the snow,
Well he just might like to know.
He's put a great big smile on somebody's face.
If you jump into your bed,
Quickly cover up your head,
Don't you lock the doors you know that sweet Santa Claus is on the way.
Well I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play.
Oh I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Let the bells ring out for Christmas.
When we're skating in the park,
If the storm cloud paints it dark,
Then your rosy cheeks gonna light my merry way.
Now the frosticles appear
And they've frozen up my beard,
So we'll lie by the fire till the sleep simply melts them all away.
Well I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play.
Oh I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
So let the bells ring out for Christmas.
When the snowman brings the snow,
Well he just might like to know,
He's put a great big smile on somebody's face.
So if Santa brings that sleigh
All along the milky way,
I'll sign my name on the rooftop in the snow then he may decide to stay.
Well I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play.
Oh I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
So let the bells ring out for Christmas.
OK you lot take it
[Chorus, sung by children:]
Well I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
When the kids start singing and the band begins to play.
Oh I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Let the bells ring out for Christmas.
Why don't you give your love for Christmas?
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 18:13
by Machupicchu14
Moonraker wrote:Machupicchu14 wrote:My opinion is that India is not really a Christian country, and then one should understand Christmas is not a Hindu festival, and due to the majority of Hindus, then the festivals and celebrations are going to belong to that religion. I know there are other religions, Islam and Christianity for example, but just as well, they celebrate their own traditions. Europe and the American continent have the tradition well rooted, as again, of the Christian majority that used to live there.
(In South America, Catholicism is still very strong there)
And yep it's really sad to be in a country where your own festivals are not considered at all, but you can celebrate it with your own family, and just wait until you get the opportunity to properly celebrate it...
♫♫ Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace... You...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one ♫♫
John Lennon
If only.
YES. I wish that would be the reality in the world.
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 18:44
by Rob Houghton
That IS the Wizzard Christmas song, Pete!
I think I've mentioned before that Roy Wood used to live very locally, and I would often see him on The Green at Kings Norton. He often went into Martin's Newsagents.
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 20:30
by John Pickup
Rob, I can see Martin's Newsagents but I can't see Roy Wood. Was he inside the shop?
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 20:52
by Rob Houghton
Probably, lol!
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 21:23
by pete9012S
Fascinating info - thanks Rob.
Re: Gets earlier every year?
Posted: 21 Nov 2017, 00:36
by Courtenay
Moonraker wrote:
♫♫ Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Except of course, if there were no religion, there wouldn't be Christmas in the first place...