themiseryguts

This is what I am calling a “Public Service rant”, I am standing up for all the children in religious families from non-Christian backgrounds.  The children who have to see their friends getting lots of lovely new gifts every December and have to sit by with nothing new to play with on December 25th.

I am not a Christian, I am not religious at all and I fully believe that whatever religion  you are you should be able to believe it, no matter how ridiculous it sounds.

The thing is, despite not being religious, I still celebrate Christmas.  There is very little to do with religion that goes on in this house around December time, at least, not knowingly.  For example, what have Norway Spruce trees got to do with a baby being born in the Middle East?  Also, what has tinsel and multi-coloured lights got to do with any of it?  I get that the gifts thing has some relation to the birth of Christ but I can assure you that this small fact does not figure even slightly in the equation that results in me lying to my kids about some fat-bloke with a beard dressed in red followed by an army of midgets bringing presents down the chimney on my credit card each year.

As for filling my face with all manner of turkey based meal combinations, getting properly wasted on booze with my friends and family.  Ok, family, I have no friends, I alienated them all years ago.  Well, I can be sure that this side of Christmas also does not in any way have a religious flavour.

So I say to those who don’t have decorations up, who are using their religious beliefs to save a few quid by not pretending to be a fat beardie bearing gifts, get off your high horse, realise that you don’t have to be celebrating the religious side of things and join the fucking party.  Stop being such a miserable git and certainly DO NOT take offence at the school nativity play.