Now that the end of 2006 has arrived, and all the stuff the shopsoverstocked
with for Christmas is being cleared, it's time to play "Spot the first
Valentine card" and "Spot the first Easter egg" (Cadbury Cream eggs don't
count).
I popped into the supermarket on Friday to get some eggs and bread, and one
of the assistants asked me if I'd had a good Christmas. Being a grumpy old
woman and catching me in a bad mood, I asked why she assumed that I was a
Christian and celebrated Christmas. I could be Jewish and have just finished
celebrating Hanukkah or I could practise some other religion, or even no
religion at all. I added that supermarkets destroy the spirit of Christmas
by starting to ram it down our throats in September and I looked forward to
spotting the first Valentine card and Easter egg.
I'm not really that grumpy, and I don't hold with the current political
correctness of not mentioning the word Christmas in case it offends someone,
but I do get annoyed at the commercialisation of it all. I do know that for
that particular person, Christmas is a time to max out her credit cards, eat
until she's sick and get falling-down drunk - not what it's all about
whatever your beliefs.
Anyway, the raffle. Having bought Tim Parker's remaining clearance stock of
paper strings as used in Eva Kortelahti's 'Lace with Paper Strings', I'm
raffling 4 lots each of 4 colours (as they come, no choice of colours).
For those who haven't come across an Arachne raffle before, it's free to
enter. Will post to anywhere in the world. I pay the postage expenses.
To be in the draw, send me a personal email with Strings Raffle as the
subject by next Monday week, 8th January 2007 and I'll draw the 4 winners on
Tuesday the 9th.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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