In honour of the late Christopher Hitchens, I have been trying my best to make a cup of tea the way he prescribed in the article I posted recently. How delightful it was therefore, to be told that the tea I had made for Mrs Plug was "A bit tart". I give up. Any how, I decided that today was the day to relax and forget all about Christmas Shopping, and of course, this was not to be with Mrs Plug on the case. Lists continued to be made, and pots were still being glazed in readiness. We have of course not bought any food or drink for Christmas as yet, but we like to do things in a strange order at Plug Towers. We are being catered for in all sorts of different places over the next few days, so we do not need to go mad in terms of food and drink, but lists are still being prepared, and we have to encounter questions from offspring along the lines of "Why do we eat sprouts on Christmas day?" and "Why does Mum only drink Sherry at Christmas?" which of course have no logical answer other than the standard "It's tradition". I have been thinking a lot about why we celebrate the way we do. We are not christians, but then, I don't think the majority of people who celebrate actually are. I also think that you can trace it back to beyond Christianity anyway, but lets not get into all of that shall we? It's Christmas after all, and I don't want religion to spoil it. I have been thinking about my quest for collecting and gathering "Stuff". Most of this hoarding is now reduced to digital "Stuff", which could all be destroyed by the wave of a magnet or something similar. I was wondering what would happen if the Internet and PC's etc etc just simply ceased to exist. I think my stuff collecting would be limited to second hand books, and do you know what? That wouldn't be such a bad thing. So what of next year? Will I continue to frustrate myself? I have been making my plans for resolutions as usual.
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