getting something off my chest

I seemed to have been wound up a bit more this year about this xmas lark and not in a good way as I don't like the thing and will be pleased when it all done and dusted for anther year though the next one will soon be here I guess.  The fat they come round quicker means I am getting older and would explain why the older you get the more ambivalent you become about crimbo, but there are a hardcore of older people I believe whole like xmas come hell or high water and maybe become more fanatical with age I don't know this of course but would hazard a guess that it might be case.

The whole thing has now become drowned in commercialism and is a good excuse for religious folk to not like this time of year.  There is a lot of hype just for one day which comes round every year but I suppose its the pressure of capitalism who want you spend spend and consume but in doing this everything is finite while someone is consuming someone is going without I guess.  I doubt all these things matter as its basically an uncaring world we inhabit at the moment hopefully there will be a better one for the folk who come here later that's if there is anything left for them I suppose.

There is one good thing there is still the outdoors to go and explore and while I can walk I will aim to do this and get lung fulls of fresh air which at the moment is free for everyone though I am sure there is someone in the world trying to find a way of making it pay, the fact people breath.

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