Christmas is a comin'

Gacked this from the Cascade Times mailing list, actually.

You are 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'. You take
Christmas very seriously. For you, it is a
religious festival, celebrating the birth of
the Saviour, and its current secularisation
really irritates you. You enjoy the period of
Advent leading up to Christmas, and attend any
local carol services you can find, as well as
the more contemplative Advent church services
each Sunday. You may be involved in Christmas
food collections or similar charity work. The
midnight service at your church, with candles
and carols, is one you look forward to all
year, and you also look forward to the family
get together on Christmas Day.


What Christmas Carol are you?
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Of course, the challenge this year will be to do the Christmas shopping without walking. Anybody know any good Australian e-commerce sites? (US ones are no good, the postage will take too long)

The Santa Conspiracy

Saw an article on kuru5hin today (Tis the Season to be Dishonest) which reminded me that I'd been intending to say something about this topic anyway. Why is it that in Western culture there has been this collusion, this conspiracy to deceive generation upon generation of children? Not only telling them that Santa Claus exists when they know that he doesn't, but coming down hard anyone who dares to say otherwise.
( lies, damned lies, and indignation )

The whole thing is totally insane. If not insane, then wicked. So let's just be charitable and say it's insane.