No, of course not. Christmas is now a massive commercial exercise. A full blown industry. £billions are spent every year on it. Including at supermarkets like Tesco. Like everything else in life, Christmas is safe as long as there is money to be made from it. All Tesco has done is diversify into a fringe market, trying to sell seasonal products to customers who wish to celebrate mid-Winter in some way, but not necessarily in a traditional Christian tradition or style. Isn't that simply good business? Expanding your customer base? I would have thought you would approve of enterprising business. There is really no story here at all. To call it a storm in a teacup would be putting it very mildly.
And a Reform UK candidate for Parliament at the last General Election is on record saying Britain should have fought alongside Nazi Germany in the 2nd World War, not against it. Should he be taken seriously? Of course not. And neither should Imam Jihadi John, or whatever his name is. Quoting extremist hate-mongers, and implying that their crackpot views somehow represent an entire culture, is a ridiculous pursuit. This debate has descended into total farce.
If people want to let off steam about 'wider truths' that's fine. All I did was take the trouble to go online, read half a dozen outlets, and use what I had learned to debunk the 'Tesco cancels Christmas' fake news. I'm not daft enough to believe that would change the general flow of opinion. It was just a reminder really, that taking what goes viral on social media at face value is usually a long drop down a deep rabbit hole.
I prefer Viz Magazine Though it won't surprise many to learn I was once a regular Private Eye reader...
On the bus to Polygon Wood. The rain is hammering down and the sky is almost black. Very atmospheric for a trudge through a Flanders forest. Snow is due at 11am.
I enjoyed Grovel & Pseuds Corner (being one myself). And they used to do an occasional 'romance novel excerpt' series on Charles & Diana around the time their marriage was disintegrating. I think it was around the time she was killed that I dropped out of the habit of buying Private Eye. Just coincidental timing.
We've got a couple of inches of snow in Hull, usually because of the estuary and river here we miss out on snow. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
