Christmas Eve and Other Stories

Unexpectedly excellent - really enjoyed this. The instrumental Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 is fantastic.

The Meaning of Christmas

What does Christmas mean? The celebration of the birth of Jesus, versus the commercialisation of today? Father Christmas? Christmas Fact and the accepted fiction?

Explaining Christmas to a baby is simple; you don't have to. However, as a child grows up, there is a lot about the world that needs to be explained; Christmas is a good example of this, as it's a fusion of tradition, religion, commerce, status, location and more. A proper mix.

Read Dawkins and you'll be wary of indoctrination; but, in a way, that's missing the point; Christmas only exists in a widely accepted fashion due to it's religious roots.

And then there's Father Christmas; how do you explain him? If you accept his existence as a necessity for children, then how do you explain his inevitable unveiling?

It was easier when you were a kid.

10 Million Years Behind The Times...

...is how I feel, sometimes. I don't tweet, I barely use facebook, I don't have a friend feed, and I don't use spotify, or grooveshark.
I have a flickr account, which I don't have the time to fill with all the photos I would like to.

I do listen to internet radio, though. My personal favourite is accuradio, as it has a wide range of genres, is pretty simple and direct, and just works. I'm listening to the Christmas channel, at the moment, as I'm really looking forward to it this year as it will be my first as a parent.

Hopefully not as extreme as this.

"I think they're excited!"

No kidding.