Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930204)

We were just watching Granada North West, the last item was about shops starting to sell Christmas things already and showed Chrismas cards,decorations etc,.
At the end of the item the lady announcer said something like 'We apologise in advance for any offence the last item may have caused'.
Tell me I've got it wrong! Tell me I've misheard or misunderstood what she meant!

Originally Posted by Less (Post 930211)

Every year we end up apologising for Christmas, perhaps it's time we abandoned it forever?

(May I be the first to wish you all a thrilling time for this years Winter break?).
;)

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930269)

(and if you're really lucky, a kiss from all us Accy web members!):)

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 930272)

You are kidding aren't you :confused: - or maybe 'creeping'
In case you aren't -don't include me in that 'all us'

what happened to that vomiting smilie? - can't find it when I need it

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 930272)

You are kidding aren't you :confused: - or maybe 'creeping'
In case you aren't -don't include me in that 'all us'

what happened to that vomiting smilie? - can't find it when I need it

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930204)

We were just watching Granada North West, the last item was about shops starting to sell Christmas things already and showed Chrismas cards,decorations etc,.
At the end of the item the lady announcer said something like 'We apologise in advance for any offence the last item may have caused'.
Tell me I've got it wrong! Tell me I've misheard or misunderstood what she meant!

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 930272)

You are kidding aren't you :confused: - or maybe 'creeping'
In case you aren't -don't include me in that 'all us'

what happened to that vomiting smilie? - can't find it when I need it

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 930287)

She was probably apologising for the fact that they were already starting to sell Christmas cards and so on which frankly I find bloody offensive that the retailers are already starting this! I think Sainsbury's will start putting some stuff on the shelves in the next week or 2!

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 930244)

She was probably taking the mick, apologising for mentioning christmas because its to bloody early to be thinking about it.....not everything is about different religions you know

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 930272)

You are kidding aren't you :confused: - or maybe 'creeping'
In case you aren't -don't include me in that 'all us'

what happened to that vomiting smilie? - can't find it when I need it

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 930287)

She was probably apologising for the fact that they were already starting to sell Christmas cards and so on which frankly I find bloody offensive that the retailers are already starting this! I think Sainsbury's will start putting some stuff on the shelves in the next week or 2!

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 930291)

They've commercialised Christmas?

No way!

Get out of the stable!

:eek:

How many Cristmas trees did Jesus trim, or how many were on his Christmas card list?

Most Christmas 'traditions' only date back to the nineteenth century, mainly of Germanic origin.

Besides, before anyone get's their Santa's Little Helper knickers in a twist, it's widely acknowleged Jesus was born in the month we know as September.

Merry Christmas.

:cool::hothothot:cool:

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930305)

When I was a student I spent a summer at Joseph Arnold's (as was), sticking on tassels, adding glitter and packing Christmas cards! They have to be sure they get them out on time:D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 930318)

You Mean sod don't you know we have kids on this site:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930204)

We were just watching Granada North West, the last item was about shops starting to sell Christmas things already and showed Chrismas cards,decorations etc,.
At the end of the item the lady announcer said something like 'We apologise in advance for any offence the last item may have caused'.
Tell me I've got it wrong! Tell me I've misheard or misunderstood what she meant!

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930305)

When I was a student I spent a summer at Joseph Arnold's (as was), sticking on tassels, adding glitter and packing Christmas cards! They have to be sure they get them out on time:D

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 930434)

you got all worked up about the muslim bloke who had two moblie phones.. ended up he owned a phone shop :D..

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930304)

Don't really "do" creeping -and i did say if he was really lucky...looks like he might have to expect lumps of coal!
I do get caught up in seasonal cheer and all that sort of stuff ,being good to one's fellow man etc. -the Christian values aspect of Xmas that is the part that risks getting lost under all the tinsel!

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930523)

Lumps of coal:eek: That brings back memories. My great aunt Jane ... she was the oldest of my great aunts, older than dirt:D ... used to arrive at my grandad's place at Christmas with a lump of coal, some salt wrapped up in a twist of paper, and a loaf of fresh bread. I assume, though someone better informed about Christmas traditions in Lancashire may correct me, that these were symbolic gifts. And every year all I got from her was snot rags:mad: She was from Oswaldtwistle ... go figure;)

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 930526)

There'd perhaps be no need for any apology, if they'd have had the Jeremy Kyle show in Judaea.

Mary could have taken a D.N.A. test, to find the identity of her baby-father.

We'd save on postage today, if this matter had been resolved earlier.

:rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930523)

Lumps of coal:eek: That brings back memories. My great aunt Jane ... she was the oldest of my great aunts, older than dirt:D ... used to arrive at my grandad's place at Christmas with a lump of coal, some salt wrapped up in a twist of paper, and a loaf of fresh bread. I assume, though someone better informed about Christmas traditions in Lancashire may correct me, that these were symbolic gifts. And every year all I got from her was snot rags:mad: She was from Oswaldtwistle ... go figure;)

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 930528)

Those sound like 'first footing gifts'.......taken by the 'first foot' at New year.
Though tradition states that it is unlucky for a woman or a red headed male to bring the New year into your house.
Coal signifies that you would have warmth for the home for the coming year, salt - money, and bread to signify food for the family.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930531)

Ok ... but where do the snot rags fit in:confused::D

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930530)

Poor you -did you not even get a tangerine? Here in Italy they say that if you receive a gift of Handkerchiefs it will bring you tears!

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930530)

Poor you -did you not even get a tangerine? Here in Italy they say that if you receive a gift of Handkerchiefs it will bring you tears!

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930534)

An apple, an orange AND a sugar pig? AND a small cap pistol! You were spoilt.
My first banana was a Christmas present( and no new penny).I was licking the skin for hours before they showed me how to open it.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930536)

I sense a Monty Python sketch brewing:eek:

And I hope that the fruit was organically grown.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930539)

Actually it tasted of DDT.I wasn't impressed with the flavour till they opened it and by then I was too ill to eat it.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930531)

Ok ... but where do the snot rags fit in:confused::D

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 930600)

They must've been your Christmas present....you poor thing!

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 930601)

We were so poor, all I got was a hole in my stocking. My dad told me that santa left lots of presents, but they all fell through the hole and broke.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930204)

At the end of the item the lady announcer said something like 'We apologise in advance for any offence the last item may have caused'.
Tell me I've got it wrong! Tell me I've misheard or misunderstood what she meant!

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 930620)

Hang on.. why don't you tell us what you thought she meant and why anyone should say you are wrong? :confused:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930699)

Why don't you tell us why you attach me to some thread or post about a Muslim with two phones?
Assuming you can remember what you were rambling on about a day ago.

I was actually concerned that the PC brigade had struck again. You know who I mean-those people who think we shouldn't mention,or if we do we should apologise for mentioning, Christmas, Christianity,being English, the British Empire,schools where the pupils don't want to learn and the teachers can't teach etc,.etc,.
If you couldn't understand that you're either showing worrying signs of paranoia yourself or you're on something that stops you thinking clearly.
I still hope you have a Merry Christmas- it would be nice to think there was at least one day a year when you were cheerful and civil.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 930606)

Oh, Eric.....you've gone all sensible.......I was looking forward to more of the pythonesque.
Kleenex are far more hygienic though. I can remember my grandma boiling up hankies on the gas stove...in a pan. My Grandad had been on the beer and was a bit intoxicated.
He came in and helped himself to some of the 'soup' that was boiling away(hankies) and a chunk of buttered bread......he told my grandma that the soup was 'short o' summat' and suggested she chucked another onion in.
I don't think she ever told him that he had had 'hankie broth'.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930602)

S'not funny:mad: I don't believe I actually typed that:eek::D I love the phrase "snot rags":D And I love being able to say it without getting a back-hander from my mom:alright:

By the way, folks over there don't use them any more, do they? I apologise profoundly to all those workers who lost their jobs because people would rather wipe their noses on disposable kleenex, than on soggy snot rags:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 930745)

PRICELESS, Margaret, ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS!!!:yelrotflm

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930781)

Ah, Margaret and Eric, do you remember those lovely open fires you had at Christmas?

Trouble was a bit of Christmas wrapping paper and four or five Christmas cards didn't burn long, you soon had to put your coat back on.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930786)

What coat?:confused:

But I do remember writing notes to Santa, then holding them over the fire and watching them fly up the chimney ... and all the way to the North Pole:alright:

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 930786)

But I do remember writing notes to Santa, then holding them over the fire and watching them fly up the chimney ... and all the way to the North Pole:alright:

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 930801)

Yes, I did that but they told me if I sent it too early Father Christmas would be too busy to read it.
So I had to send it on Boxing Day then I might get something the NEXT Christmas.