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"So, someone asked me to get down my thoughts about Christmas and not to swear – so here goes.
Every culture with a cold dark winter puts a festival in the middle of it, it basically stops us from killing each other, and ourselves, the fire is stoked the food and drink flows freely, people literally “eat, drink and be merry”. These traditions far predate christian worship and nor are they owned by modern day pagans, it predates every known form of worship.
Christmas, holidays, xmas, nadelik (that’s Cornish btw), midwinter, festival whatever you want to call it it is yours alone and it is everyone’s. We have private rituals and great acts of public togetherness, it brings out the best in us and it exposes our worst, we see the best as people genuinely try to give goodwill to all and the worst as we see loneliness and poverty all around.
To quote freely “ask not what xmas can do for you but what you can do for xmas”, human kindness is so underrated, it does good and it makes you feel good and if you can do it for xmas why can’t you do it at all times of the year? Your overworked neighbour will still be overworked in spring, the bullied kid down the road will still get bullied in summer, and you’ll still tut next year at the lonely old lady on pension day holding up the queue because you’re in a hurry because she hasn’t spoken to anyone in over a week and is literally dying for a chat.
We can all make a difference, we can all be kinder, we can all take the time to love more, hate less and potentially change or save someone’s life with a kind word and a cuppa. How good would that make you feel, imagine a genuine season of goodwill that lasts all year long x"
Every culture with a cold dark winter puts a festival in the middle of it, it basically stops us from killing each other, and ourselves, the fire is stoked the food and drink flows freely, people literally “eat, drink and be merry”. These traditions far predate christian worship and nor are they owned by modern day pagans, it predates every known form of worship.
Christmas, holidays, xmas, nadelik (that’s Cornish btw), midwinter, festival whatever you want to call it it is yours alone and it is everyone’s. We have private rituals and great acts of public togetherness, it brings out the best in us and it exposes our worst, we see the best as people genuinely try to give goodwill to all and the worst as we see loneliness and poverty all around.
To quote freely “ask not what xmas can do for you but what you can do for xmas”, human kindness is so underrated, it does good and it makes you feel good and if you can do it for xmas why can’t you do it at all times of the year? Your overworked neighbour will still be overworked in spring, the bullied kid down the road will still get bullied in summer, and you’ll still tut next year at the lonely old lady on pension day holding up the queue because you’re in a hurry because she hasn’t spoken to anyone in over a week and is literally dying for a chat.
We can all make a difference, we can all be kinder, we can all take the time to love more, hate less and potentially change or save someone’s life with a kind word and a cuppa. How good would that make you feel, imagine a genuine season of goodwill that lasts all year long x"
Stephen C Hick
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