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You actually raise a good point.
Here in Denmark the places that will have the fanciest fireworks at new year is the poorer and working-class parts of greater Copenhagen.
its called making the most out of the coldest and otherwise most mierable time of yr
My next door neighbour has the biggest lights display in the town (been on This Morning for it a few years back).
I don't go home for Christmas till Thursday, but I hear that there's been more people than ever standing around gawping at them than previous years.
Got a good mind to set up a Nazi style sentry at the spare room window, that'd put an end to it once and for all.
No Lukesh you are completely missing the point...yes christmas is about jesus (its what i believe i dont give two hoots if it was originally pagan) , about how he is the 'light of the world' what on earth is wrong with a small candle to show this?
Try spending time in a primary school, see the nativity play see if your views on christmas change. I used to feel christmassy seeing the lights and the decorations now i see beyond this and see that it is offensive, go to church and see the real meaning to christmas.
People getting on togther, celebrating the birth of jesus, we do not need lights to show us this, its all show and complete utter tack!.
They are not always tacky.....why do you people think lights have to be tacky ?
I have seen some brilliant displays, they dont look tacky and people have taken time to make them actually look nice. Some I agree dont look as nice, they just stick em up and think they will do but most of the ones I have seen this year are brilliant.
AND LUKESH! if you are so offended by this winterfest lark (which to be quite honest is just a publicity stunt to scare people like you into this paranoid state - believe me the Grinch has not arrived yet, not in the form of a monster, person, alien or even a councillor!)
If you really are so offended and you really are trying to defend Christians please do not use Gods name in vain! how many times must you say "gods sake"? i just think you are trying to cause a useless debate on something that is not there!
Christmas means a lot more than just lights, yes christmas is about light, but its about a new beginning, new life and a fresh start maybe you should start thinking about that. try doing a google search on "Christingle" you may learn something, or try attending your local church and carol services you may learn a little something.
4 years ago i was asked to do a reading at the local cathedral for a county event, i learnt a great deal about christmas and the meaning behind it!
Because as i have already said Christmas is not about the lights and the glam and the show, its about a silent night, its about the birth of christ and the people putting these lights up to compete with their neighbours (quote S*N 16/12/2004) are using it to show people the meaning of christmas! So whats that a light war of the biggest inflatable reindeer, the largest string of rope lights, the amount of car accidents caused by people stopping to look at them, the amount of arguments caused by falling metal work and the arguments about whos better!
Its disgusting, its a joke, why are we turning Christmas into a national joke.
Only recently i saw an advent calendar for dogs with dogs posing as the key characters in the nativity, jesus was a DOG! it makes a farse of the religion its disgusting.
No not all lights are tacky, but some are a complete eyesore, in fact what on earth has some of the objects got to do with christmas? i have seen chains around a path, but what is this to do with christmas? my dad has done our house up and to be quite honest the lights hurt my eyes but it does look nice, a few houses up my street look lovely i have seen some beautiful houses around, but my cousins house is tacky you would be lucky to reach the door without something playing loud and annoying music, or lights flickering and inflatable santas towering above you!
the truth is some of them do look tacky an dthe argument that children love it is just an excuse most do not!
xmas celebrations as his birthday are less than 200 years old.
his apostles wouldn't have been celebrating his birthday in the middle of winter on what was once the longest dakest night.
the truth is ...your jesus would be even angrier than he was when he saw what they were doing in the temple way back when he trashed the place.
isn't it true that he is supposed to be coming back ...not as a baby but a warrior with a big sword ...in anger?
There is a house near my nans house in Cambridge, which is decorated brilliantly every year. In the front garden they put up a stable with a nativity scene. They have a small sign asking for donations which go to the childrens hospital. All the children in the neighbourhood go round, go inside the little stable and put donations into the crib.
I used to get really excited going to that house.
People need to lighten up. Christmas is a time to stop moaning and complaining.
As for the person asking how people living in council flats can afford to pay for electricity, that is really none of your business. Why not go and ask them how they can afford clothes/mobiles/cars? Most probably by working, the same as anyone else.
The question was asking what people think of Christmas decorations, and people answered it.
I know....but people moning got on me nerves
I think they're absolutely awful, I really do. A few lights on a tree outside or those icicle shaped lights hanging from a porch are more than enough. I detest flashy santa clauses, inflatable santa clauses and multi-coloured lights. They are the epitome of tack and tastelessness. 'Tis all just light pollution at the end of the day and it detracts from the real meaning of Christmas... lol :rolleyes:
Yar, we have really low key decorations too. I don't see the point in going OTT, kids can still have fun without their home being lit up like the QEII.
I'm glad my parents aren't tacky.
Inflatable Homer Simpson Santa anyone?
I have just now sent off an Email to the North Pole requesting that Santa belay that barrel of Chivas Regal which was on its way to Kent...
No way man. I love Christmas, the season of goodwill. Looking forward to my kids faces...
I just don't like all the fucking lights. Too in yer face for my tastes...
Looks amazing if you ever get to see them from the air.
god help the person who has to pay that electricity bill
I think that if Jesus returned today and saw how Christmas is, he'd be gutted (wrong date too).
Things like moving reindeers and those santas with waving hands on see saws e.t.c.
Nothing wrong with lots of lights, but the extras just look wrong.
in my humble opinion!