Universal Festivities

There are two types of people that get on my nerves, people that want to ban Christmas and people that want to celebrate it early. The people that want to ban Christmas think it is a glossed over pagan festival. The people that want to celebrate it early could spread it thin so it is eventually no longer a festival but a season; they want to celebrate it in October before Guy Fawkes. 

The way I see it is Christmas time is in the middle of winter. In the oldern days it was common not to know anyone that lived above the age of 50 so winter time would claim many people's lives. To cheer themselves up, people would gather together to throw parties. They were facing a dangerous time when lots of diseases were spreading through the air because it is colder and darker so the viruses can live for longer. People would get flu, Tuberculosis, small pox  and even measeals but these days most of the diseases have been eradicated. That sense of danger and death is still there but we ignore it. 

This is true of every culture, the Jews celebrate Hunnokka, Christians celebrate a belated birthday party for their saviour. The pagans would pay tribute to the god of Fertility; my point is everyone throws a party in the middle of winter to cheer themselves up.  

I call it universal Festivities. Dealing with the winter. 

Jolly Christmas

I think it will be a merry jolly Christmas this year. A happy uplifting super Christmas. Lots of festivity....

No really, It's going to be a jolly happy Christmas. 

No really, it will. Chestnuts roasting in air-fryer and music. I have a playlist here just for Christmas. Christmas Playlist. I'm not young and I'm not old, I don't know what music old people like; Hip Hop replacement music 😂 ? 

If a musician makes poor quality music track, they can add bells to it and release it again as a Christmas single. I think my Christmas drink might just be a tequila this year. 

Trump impeached

President trump was Impeached yesterday. This means that he was charged with misconduct while in power and will be taken to court to be judged on whether he can remain in office at the start of 2020 I believe. 

I knew it was going to be a political Christmas this year because of the snap election here in the UK but I never saw the impeachment coming. Many experts think that the impeachment won't get through the senetor court because the evidence is insignificant. There is not much evidence that he abused his power and there is no evidence he took a bribe or anything like that. 

All I can say is Christmas 2019 is wet and political in the UK, especially if you watch the news. Lots of rain no snow and news full of politics. 

Christmas election

Here in the UK, we are going to have an early general election during Christmas. There seems to be a party for everything.

If you want a second referendum or a soft Brexit, you could vote for Labour. Also they want to renationalise a lot of the infrastructure that was sold off during the eighties and nineties, Railways, utilities and things like that.

If you want to cancel brexit then you could vote for the Liberal Democrats. They made it very clear they would revoke article 50 as soon as they were elected.

If you want a hard clean break brexit then you can vote for the Brexit party. They will leave first and negotiate later.

If you want a hard brexit preceded by a transition exit deal then you could vote conservative. They want to keep all the taxes low because they think the growth created would more than compensate for the loss in public revenue and add some on top.

The outcome of the vote would be very revealing. I wouldn't be surprised if the result was hung all around because the Brexit vote would be split between two parties and those that want a soft Brexit won't vote lib dem. Well, we will see.

Christmas thought

Christmas is a time of peace and reflection. One thing I was thinking about during Christmas is what my ancestors were like.

All non inbred people on this planet have 2 parents, 4 grandparents and 8 great grandparents that are their ancestors.
That means 14 people contributed to the DNA of one person in just 3 generations.
I wonder what all those people were like. When you think about it. The family tree of every person is very big.  Every person on this planet has many ancestors and most of them are a mystery.

I have 16 great great grandparents. They all have personalities and stories. So many ancestors, so many story's and so much to learn about. Life is such a mystery.

Christmas day

Today is Christmas day, the most important day of the year. The first six hours of this day I am working but the rest of the day and the following 4 days I am off. It is one of the few days of the year where I drink alcohol. I have saved some nice whiskey for when I get home. I will watch TV and be merry.

Today I will be more thankful than normal. I am thankful for life and all the good things that come with it. I am thankful that I am not afflicted with a terrible disease or illness. I am thankful for the creator for making everything. I am thankful that I am not forced by others to do violence. I am thankful for being able to read because reading books is so wonderful and there are so many wonderful books to read.

I have one wish for the year and that is to be rich, not because of greed but because I want to be free of worries and have time to do good deeds. I am not ashamed of wanting wealth because everyone wants it. There are so many things I want to do and so many things I want to accomplish and they all cost money.

If you have read this far then I am thankful to you because this is a part of history. History is not just about the big companies and people but all the people of the world and how they see the world around them and what happens in their lives.