Do they know it's Christmas time at all?
My mother has occasionally gone through phases of being quite earnest; she has also occasionally gone through phases of being quite Christian. Sometimes, the phases have overlapped, leading to a phase of quite earnest Christianity.

Band Aid had just been released, and was playing on the radio. A little while in, it got to the lines
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas-time.
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life..."

She looked at me seriously. "Yes, life really is the greatest gift, isn't it?"
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 15:14, 10 replies)

Yeah, but to be honest
you can get that any day of the year.

Makes for a rubbish Xmas prezzie. I wanted a Transformer.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 15:21, closed)

Exactly.
Even as an eight-year-old, my thoughts were along those lines.


Even as As
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 15:27, closed)

Pft,
I've already got one of those.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 15:33, closed)

Clearly she'd never heard of
BIG TRAK
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 15:55, closed)

^ this
Woo yay for Big Trak! I still remeber the excitement of seeing the big box wrapped up under the tree that Christmas. It was the best present - EVER!
(Mork, Tue 1 Dec 2009, 14:02, closed)

hahah
Your mum made my day.
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 15:59, closed)

So if someone gives me one of those for christmas, is that like a 1up?
(Freakmandu, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 16:06, closed)

^^this
comes in the form of a green mushroom in a ? box.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 16:15, closed)

Oh yeah.
I upset a born-again Christian that was temping with us a while ago - it was Friday, and I wandered in:

BAC: Good morning Mr Vagabond! What a beautiful day the Lord has blessed us with today!

VAGABOND: Well, L ... every new day is another step in our exolerable and continuous march towards death ...

BAC: Erm ... ha.

I didn't know whether to feel aroused or guilty, so in the end I felt both.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 30 Nov 2009, 16:29, closed)

Well, you're both right I guess.
I'll stop before I get dull.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Nov 2009, 18:17, closed)