Winterval?

[poliphilo]

First you set up a straw man, then you kick the stuffing out of it, all the while emitting shrill cries of outrage.

I thought this "War of Christmas" silliness was an American phenomenon, but here's the Bishop of Salford- a fat-faced, middle-aged chap called Terence Brain- shouting from the front of the Manchester Evening News that we need to rally to SAVE OUR CHRISTMAS.

Apparently there's a plan afoot to rename it "Winterval".

Really? First I'd heard of it.

Winterval- that's really snappy. That's really going to catch on.

Come off it, Brain, get real. If Christmas is endangered then Pandas are as plentiful as pigeons.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly. There isn't a war on Christmas. Here and there a jobsworth in local government will opine that it insults religious minorities to use the word and as soon as he ill-advisedly opens his mouth he gets shouted down.

As for the commercialisation, it has been reported that takings in the British shops are down this year. When I heard this I smiled an evil smile.