The TV adverts, at this time of the year, clearly indicate that the advertisers would really like Easter to be another Christmas. I think this is probably a forlorn hope. Therefore, with tongue firmly in cheek, may I make the following modest proposal?
As a child, it always used to grate against my sense of a proper narrative thread that we had Christmas, at which we celebrate the birth of Christ (dependent on your particular belief system, or lack of it) and then, 3 months later, Easter at which we commemorate his death as a full grown man. This never seemed to make any sense to me and meant that we had to belt through his life story in 3 short months and then dither about from March/April onwards until it got interesting, when you got to Advent again. Clearly this is nonsensical, so my proposal is that we move Easter to say, October. That gives a full 8 months to spin out the story from birth to crucifixion, breathe a sigh of relief and then start the whole process again. Would also mean you wouldn't get Cadbury Creme Eggs in the shops in ruddy January. Any takers?
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No! It's all about The Creme Egg, and I couldn't live without one for that length of time. As it is the months October (November in some shops! Yeh!) to February are long enough without my fix!
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