This will be controversial I bet but I can't stand Christmas walks!
Just when I'm snug as a bug in a Christmas sherry jug, enjoying the inexplicable delight of wearing my pajamas all day, after a lunch of festive meats and treats, some bright spark will chirp:
"Anyone fancy a Christmas walk?"
My heart sinks.
Just as I'm heading for the sofa to check out my new book on horror films and turning on a Superman II DVD for Junior, whilst balancing a saucer of mince pies and a glass of Captain Morgan, I hear that dreadful clarion call to don winter woolies, dress the grandchildren and head out into the sub-zero temperatures of a Northern hemisphere December!
God help me, why oh why this obsession to ramble, amble and hike on Christmas and Boxing Day, just at that very moment when we have achieved the perfect Hadron collision of food, drink, comfort and warmth, only to be casually thrown away for entering a world of dog sh*t, scrotes on trials bikes, pram disasters and the odd penguin lost in the freezing fog.
Please, no more Christmas walks Santa. That is what I want next year!
I had to trudge round a muddy field for two hours with four dogs before I could open anything, and it was amazing how many people were abroad midday on xmas walks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bizarre idea, why would anyone willingly leave the comforts of home to go out on Christmas Day for no reason ? I have never done such a weird, and un-Christmasy thing, even though it is summer here in December. Those Penguins must be really lost if they are wandering around the Northern Hemisphere at any time of year. By the way, when did Penguins become associated with Christmas ? This seems to have happened only in the last few decades - certainly not when I was young.
ReplyDeleteAny other year, I wouldn't necessarily bother with the walk, but this year it's a must.
ReplyDeleteTo want to stay in our homes, however cosy, any more than we have already been forced to in 2020 seems madness to me.
Mish.
We tend to do more than our fair share of walking, or perhaps an eight mile hike would be a better description! But only because we live in a rural area.
ReplyDeleteBut when it comes to freezing cold winter weather, me and the wife are into hibernating. The door is locked and in we stay until we have to go out.
So me and the wife are with Woodsy on this one.
The only good walk is one frequently interspersed with charidee shops or maybe even a good stroll around then a very large car boot sale!
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