[BNM] [OT] Burning lanterns

[Nick Taylor]

> Yeah, it's a really good non/anti-commercial celebration for the
> winter solstice - billed as 'the antidote to the excesses of
> commercial Christmas'. Started only about 15 years ago by a local arts
> group - although many people will tell you it's a pagan celebration
> that's been in Brighton for hundreds of years! :-S


Mind you... as you're sitting in front of your yule log / beneath your 
mistletoe, with your christmas tree covered in walking sticks, stars 
with a fairy on the top and this bloke with a beard and a costume 
reminiscent of a amanita mushroom... spare a thought for the rebirth of 
the sun. I mean son.


I thought it was hilarious a couple of years back when Citibank 
de-cristified the christmas language and symbolism to reflect their 
diverse cultural mix. They were basically rolling the clock back about 
1500 years.








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