Futile to argue about what the meaning of Christmas, in a traditional sense, is - is it a Christian holiday, a co-opted pagan one, something to do with throwing reindeer guts at stuttering children? - because history means nothing if the ideas being represented can’t stand on their own two feet. For some reason, this has become a particularly hot
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The most weaselly, mush-mouthed, cowardly euphemism in use today is "fearlessly un-PC". When you hear that, you know that it actually means "vile, mean-spirited, cowardly bully".
Your Christmas sounds fab. I'm here drinking and watching episodes of Ripping Yarns and Curb Your Enthusiasm with my granddad, and I'm seeing friends tomorrow. I hope everyone else's Christmas is at least as good as mine!
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Merry Christmas!
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A spiffing Christmas and festive season to your good self, sir.
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My parents get the Mail too. I used to read it to laugh at, but about a year ago I found I could accurately predict the contents of the paper without even opening it.
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I try to be a Guardian reader but the giant wall of smugness and the assumptions about my income get really grating. They have real trouble imagining that anyone earning less than 18K ever reads their paper.
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