Happy Christmas. Happy Christ mas. Happy CHRISTmas. Merry Christmas.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green

Tue, 16 Dec 2025

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Was in my home town last night, I had gone to buy two very special cards, one for the girl, whose Mum is unwell, it is her birthday today, she will be visiting her lovely next-door neighbour. The lovely next-door neighbour, has invited Paul and myself to join them for Tea, with her and them. We will be going there at 4pm today.

The first card that I found was only one, in my favourite card shop, but it was too jolly! I told the Staff, “I will have to look in another shop, for a less jolly card, as her Mum is in hospital.” The lovely staff said, “Let me look underneath in the drawer.” As I watched, she found another card with the number on, at the front, with the words inside, “Happy Birthday.” I said, “That is the perfect card.” I then asked, “Do you have a Christmas card, with the words, “Thank You?” She said, “Yes we do.” There was just the one card in this beautiful specialist shop.

The words inside the card read, A Thank you, at Christmastime. Christmas is the perfect time to Thank You for being so kind and thoughtful, and to let you know you are appreciated. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I said, to the staff, “This is the perfect card, I will have this one too.” Cards are not cheap, but these two were more than worth it.

As I left the shop, and was walking through the town, I remembered that it is Christmas time, so I looked up to see the wonderful Christmas decorations and was shocked! There were only two decorations up, that lit up from left to right, there has always been the words in these decorated lights, the words, “Happy Christmas.” There were no words, in these lights, it seemed they have made Christmas disappeared!

This seems very unfair, for with the other religions, it is all over the place!

It made me sad. This is still England surely, they can still show all that it is Christmas, for the old and the young, my young grandson, won’t be seeing the word Christmas, now in lights, by the time he is old, it looks like it won’t be celebrated at all!

Unfair!