The First Noel
While Britain basked in a mini-heatwave with temperatures of more than 90° F, council workers in Milnrow, Greater Manchester could be spotted driving around the town with a cherry-picker putting up Christmas decorations…on a Wednesday in August. A whole 127 days before the big day.
Why four months early? So that they can also be used in celebrations for a number of non-Christian faiths.
Rochdale Borough Council said that the lights will be used in celebrations for several faiths – starting with the Muslim festival of Eid on September 20 and carrying on through the Hindu festival of Diwali in October and the Jewish holiday of Hannukah in December.
It’s a whole exciting new concept in religious illuminations timeshare.
The theory is slightly dented by the fact that most of the town’s decorations are traditional Christmas symbols, including an Advent wreath, a giant Noel sign and a Father Christmas which hardly seem appropriate for other festivals.
Doubtless some PC box-ticker thinks that he’s on a winner here by being “inclusive”. Wouldn’t it be amusing if a local Muslim cried waaaaaacism and started to sue the Council for hurt feelings and insulting his religion?
I think, and this is only my personal analysis, that stuff like this will slowly die out over the coming years. Multiculturalism has failed completely as cities are now more polarised than ever before only New Labour cannot seem to get this, yet everyone else somehow manages. As the electorate gets increasingly pissed of about PC and inclusiveness these obsessive moves to please everyone will most likely trickle into the sand, they are just not in vogue anymore particularly as New Labour will be slaughtered next year.
Also has anyone noted the additional cost of having the lights put up and taken down 4 times? Surely they wont just let them hang there in the down time as it were?
I think they are leaving them up the whole time. Perhaps they will turn them on for my birthday if I ask nicely.