Thursday, 1 December 2011

A Change in Emphasis.

Now that it’s Advent over here in the cradle of civilisation, I can be permitted a post on the changing meaning of Christmas.

According to Dickens’ A Christmas Carol:

And every man on board, waking or sleeping, good or bad, had had a kinder word for another on that day than on any day in the year; and had shared to some extent in its festivities; and had remembered those he cared for at a distance, and had known that they delighted to remember him.

According to a current advertising hoarding:

Now’s the season to be shopping.

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