Okay its now officially Christmas everybody! I just saw the Coca-Cola Christmas advert! You know, the "holidays are commin'" one with the red lorries that light up everything they drive by. Woo-hoo!

Furthermore, we had our "Carol service" today and "Nine lessons with Carols" yesterday. Which made it feel just that lil' bit more Christmasy, and both services included my personal fave carol - "Long ago Prophets new". Arguably not the most Christmasy/classic carol but it reminds me of primary school.
Ahh i love Christmas, its such a great time of year (I say this desperately trying to hold onto my childhood, as every year it feels less and less Christmasy, and im willing to bet that some of you will argue that Christmas becomes more of a pain as you get older). But it is fun, putting up the tree and giving/getting presents and seeing family (those that you actually like) and friends and singing carols and listening to a random brass band in the street play Christmas songs like "Good King Wenceslas". (Wednesday lunch, Mocha in hand - was great!)

And what is this I hear about people complaining and calling for Christmas related stuff to not be called Christmas related anymore but "Winter festival" related stuff instead? What kind of politically correct-ness crap is this?! Its blatantly Christmas if its on the 25th December. And i dont think any other faiths should be insulted by that. Its rediculous for people of other religious/ethnic groups to get offended at Christians celebrating their religion, after all, this is a Christian country, officially. If they dont like it, well...planes leave from Heathrow every 5 minutes. Its like I always say - When in Rome do the Romans...i mean, er...do as the Romans.

I think we should celebrate the good in everything. Hinduism teaches tolerance and appreciation for all other religions and cultures. Some of my friends are envious of the fact that I celebrate both Christmas and Diwali, "so you get 2 lots of presents? Thats so unfair!" - er, yeah, thanks.
The way I see it, God is like a single flame burning in a stained glass candle holder. It is the same one flame, but through every pane, it will be perceived differently. Each pane of glass is a different faith/belief. But God is God, whatever you believe God to be.

So anyway...Ooh! I went to see Narnia today! And what did i think?...
Well it was ok, it was entertaining, i haven't read the books (i know, i know, shoot me) so i cant really compare or rant about how it doesnt do them justice a-la-Harry Potter, but it did seem like some areas of the plot were not developed enough. I liked the Fowl guy - he was funny. And Aslan is great! A talking Lion! Who-woulda-thought-it?! Oh yeah, and the Beavers! They were amusing - although - a Beaver with a Cockney accent in Narnia? Now, a Lion leading a war against some Ice-queen inside a cupboard i can believe, but that was pushing it a bit.

Anyway - my eyes are refusing to allow me to carry on, so im going to leave you with a few random did-you-knows:

• Coca-Cola produced the modern Santa-Claus
• The word "Carol" - is derived from one meaning to dance in a circle
• Carol singers started the tradition of knocking on doors beacuse they were banned from Churches

Nighty-night