tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post337956282341735618..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: Here comes the non-gender specific parent of Winterval!Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-83167882845302370092008-12-17T22:52:00.000+00:002008-12-17T22:52:00.000+00:00The Winterval schtick is positively gobbled up by ...The Winterval schtick is positively gobbled up by Catholic commentator Joanna Bogle, who's regularly wheeled out by radio programmes to shriek and admonish those who create spider babies, etc.: http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5097&Itemid=48Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-85702842045943696882008-12-17T12:34:00.000+00:002008-12-17T12:34:00.000+00:00I've just copy-pasta'd this to some people...I've just copy-pasta'd this to some people in my family who still believe in The Great Myth of PC Winterval. As much as I hope it might help them to see the truth, I fear that some bigotted opinions won't dissolve, no matter how much truth is revealed to them. Ho-hum. Or perhaps ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hum.Helen Highwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08087854313840436307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-86736368107672977572008-12-13T18:47:00.000+00:002008-12-13T18:47:00.000+00:00Isn't it funny how nobody criticises America f...Isn't it funny how nobody criticises America for renaming Christmas 'Holidays'?<br><br>Happy Holidays y'all!allnottinghambasearebelongtoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710776765139258627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-23453825829618854682008-12-12T23:44:00.000+00:002008-12-12T23:44:00.000+00:00Cheers for that, Casual Observer. I would have li...Cheers for that, Casual Observer. I would have linked to that when I next mentioned Winterval, but it can't hurt to get it in early.Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-41595499561823002062008-12-11T16:30:00.000+00:002008-12-11T16:30:00.000+00:00Don't get me started on Winterval. I've gi...Don't get me started on Winterval. I've given up trying to prevent many of my colleagues buying into these tabloid myths.<br><br>Here is a link to <a href="http://pigsonthewing.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/winterval-the-truth/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">a blog</a> which gave the former head of events at Birmingham a chance to respond:<br><br><i>"I am Mike Chubb, as Head of Events for Birmingham at the time I invented the term Winterval (41 days and nights of festive fun!), fully supported by The Council and the cultural and business community. I am continually fascinated that the term Winterval, ever caused (and still does) such a furore.<br><br>Quite simply, as Head of events at that time, we needed a vehicle which could cover the marketing of a whole season of events…Diwali (festival of Lights), Christmas lights switch on, BBC Children in Need, Aston Hall by Candlelight, Chinese New year, New Years eve etc. Also a season that included theatre shows and open air ice rink, Frankfurt open air Christmas market and the Christmas seasonal retail offer. Christmas, called Christmas! and its celebration, lay at the heart of Winterval."</i><br><br>There is also an interesting comment at the end of the post from a Mr Richard Morris:<br><br><i>"I’m the husband of the late Val Morris who used to work for BCC in the Media Office. One of her tasks (which caused her many sleepless nights) was attempting to rebut the falsities spread by those who, in the words of Mike Chubb ‘… took umbrage, did it for their own reasons, to sell their own message and of course, everybody got on to their own hobby horses in the process.’ <br><br>I have no doubt that people chose deliberately to misunderstand. Perhaps they still do and as an example let me cite the willingness of a blogger to quote some non-local cleric sounding off recently on Winterval but to ignore the statements on same issued by BCC."</i><br><br>Enough said.A casual observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13347139084496574113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-1450647142861148942008-12-08T17:00:00.000+00:002008-12-08T17:00:00.000+00:00The thing is, the real war on Christmas is being w...The thing is, the real war on Christmas is being waged by the right-wing media. They're trying to politicise Christmas, which is what the right-wing movement is also trying to do in the US. Since we don't have a right-wing movement on the same scale it's not as virulent here, but still, nothing will ruin Christmas as fast as making celebrating it ostentatiously into a way of affirming your far-right views.Chris Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-24288492083010224832008-12-06T21:39:00.000+00:002008-12-06T21:39:00.000+00:00I suspect there will be a few more anti-Christmas ...I suspect there will be a few more anti-Christmas non-stories to keep the tabloids busy before the 25th -- busy from doing anything approaching real journalism, that is.Yakoubhttp://www.bayyinat.org.uk/index.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-21592365082882773532008-12-06T17:36:00.000+00:002008-12-06T17:36:00.000+00:00A slight correction on that last one, my understan...A slight correction on that last one, my understanding was that what happened was that a number of Muslim families said that they would be keeping their children at home for family Eid celebrations on the days that the panto was meant to happen, hence stripping it of several of the cast! (And to be clear, there is nothing wrong with those families doing that at all, imho) And hence they delayed it. <br><br>The bit about the schoold doing loads of other Christmas and Eid events was true to the extent that when they had to delay the panto it was forced to move it to the new year.Akelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831868310005824686noreply@blogger.com