I don’t know if it’s some kind of a record, in fact it’s probably not, so sad have we in the UK become, but two days ago, on Wednesday, July 31st, I saw a notice in a local pub exhorting customers to book their Christmas Party and even Christmas Day lunch – while there are still places!
I may be overreacting, but I was so irritated by what I read that I had to move tables and turn my back to the offending advertisement! I was sorely tempted, Basil Fawlty-like, to tear the darn thing down and admonish the management for their crass stupidity but luckily (though only just!) I saw sense and let it go.
Why, oh why, must we wish our lives away? The summer holidays have barely begun, schools broke up less than a week ago and already we are being encouraged to think about the C word! It should be a criminal offence to even mention it before mid-November and if any political party made it their policy to make it so I reckon they’d gain a landslide victory in the next election!
For goodness sake, can’t they leave us alone? Summer’s here and we’re enjoying some of the best weather we’ve experienced in donkey’s years. Life is good and the last thing most normal people wish to think about, right now, is Christmas and the depths of bloody winter!
Common Sense 