Getting into the spirit

I can remember saying during chemotherapy, "bring on Christmas!!"... and we're nearly there.
In those dark old days, i reckoned the worst would be over by late December and that i'd be a good distance on the road to recovery. That just about sums it up which is great.

Christmas is a funny old time. On the one hand it marks the tentative arrival of history's most famous infant. On the other, it marks a frenzy of consumption on a quite unimaginable scale.
Which ever way you look at it, we are being encouraged to celebrate the retail madness, and pass by the "reason for the season".
It fascinates me to see the lengths organisations, companies and councils will go, to avoid references to the word Christmas or any christian aspect of it.

I was in the bank the other day, which was bedecked with colourful adverts for Merry savings accounts, Festive mortgages etc. Not an angel or shepherd to be seen...!
We recently bought Max a childrens magazine stuffed with seasonal stories and activities. Score: Santa/Elves/Rudolf - 100 / Baby Jesus - 0.

Has the Nativity Story become offensive material (not PC enough) or become so irrelevant that its just not worth the mention?

There are still zillions of people who celebrate the Christ-part of Xmas, so it seems quite weird and myopic that large parts of the media ignore it. Or is there something more sinister at work? (don't go there Pete - not this time!).

Anyway, Claudia and i are terrible at sending out Christmas cards. Its not because we object at the volume sent - 1 billion (UK/year) - or feel sorry for our under-appreciated Postie. We're just not organised enough.

So as a substitute, please follow the link below to experience the Nativity Story in all its paperless/dramatised/webtastic/cheesy-cool glory:

www.paperlesschristmas.org