As your benevolent overlords, we have sanctioned that, it being the season of goodwill, we ought to begin discussing what people are doing this yuletide and such.

So, here is the topic to discuss anything and everything about Christmas. Here are some starter topics to get you started off:

1. Have you started Christmas Shopping yet?

2. What's on your wish-list?

3. Is Christmas losing its spirit to crass commercialism or multiculturalism and the political-correctness brigade?

Anyway, here goes:

1) I've bought a present for my mother but that's about it. I'll probably just order a bunch of stuff on the internet for cheap for the rest of my family. I also know what I'm getting my girlfriend.

2) To be honest, nothing much really. A few video games, some clothes, some fun stuff. I'm not tempted to ask people to buy me stuff I need, for example, household stuff. Yes, I desperately need some stuff for my house, but it takes the spirit out of the gift. Instead of just asking 'get me something I'll appreciate', it is just like asking 'I can't be bothered to go buy something, go get it for me'.

3) To be honest, kids always view it as a time they get loads of free stuff, so it's always going to be commercial in that aspect. Last year was the first year I actually stopped thinking of Christmas as a present free-for-all. Yes, it's nice to get presents, but I didn't really care if people got me something I wanted or not, I was just happy to be spending Christmas with my family and friends. As for whether political correctness is ruining Christmas, I noticed that my home town had put up not only Christmas lights but also lights for Judaism and Islam. A nice gesture I suppose, although I have no idea what their festivals are (Hannukah for Judaism?). I've yet to hear of any outrageous examples of people being forced to take down Christian decorations, although I'm sure as real news dries up, tabloids will start screaming about schools that banned the nativity and the like. I think there was a story earlier that the Post Office was for the first time issuing non-Christian stamps at Christmas, since previously their Christmas stamps always had some sort of Christian motif, but I think this had little impact. Still, it's nice to keep the Christ in Christmas, even if you don't believe in him or are not of that creed. Yes, I've heard all that crap about how Christians stole the holiday from Romans or Pagans or whatever, but it is still a Christian holiday, and I don't think people should be so blasé about trying to get rid of everything Christian about it just to appease a very loud, very whiney minority.