Comments on: Silent night, Holy night, not so calm but very bright.

By: shelia

shelia — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:12:54 +0000

is that realyy the best you could give a measly £30 to the winner you should have pu ton a few more 00 at the end of that sum and it would have been much better !!!! anyone agree

By: Joan Jones

Joan Jones — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:02:53 +0000

Well done to Sian Rowland for winning – not only is she a talented and amusing writer, but must be a nice person too; well done to her for donating her £30 prize to the Haiti fund where they need every generous gift.

By: ???

??? — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:11:51 +0000

Err… Does no-one else think the poster is just having a bit of a laugh at people who take this stuff so seriously? I read it as an ironic piece… *shrug*

By: Michael Deane

Michael Deane — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:16:03 +0000

Why don’t the council fine these festive global warmers and use the fines to buy a couple of bags of grit to put on the roads. I have just risked life and limb to get down to the shops and back on the skating rinks that used to be called roads, and noticed that some grit wouldn’t go amiss. The only bits of highway where the ice had thawed was outside the houses that were decked with 10 mega watts of Christmas lights and red hot santas.

By: Slightly dazed...

Slightly dazed... — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:29:06 +0000

Wise words indeed people but I take your point, Gill. Banning things does put people’s backs up doesn’t it? I love the idea about decorating your house in recycle materials. Perhaps we can start with those free CDs they give away in the Sunday supplements…any clever ideas out there?

By: dave tchil

dave tchil — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:17:28 +0000

Ha it’s true. I thought I had burnt my retina while looking at a house clad in festive bulbs near me.

By: Gill Hines

Gill Hines — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:37:41 +0000

I feel a little torn. Only last night cycling home in the dark I was amused at the twinkly light displays and flashing reindeer and I really love the modern fashion for tiny plain lights in natural trees. Its a matter of taste really as well as an issue of the environment. A half way point may be to restrict the amount of power anyone is allowed to use on outside display coupled with a curfew that keeps displays down to a couple of hours a night. Banning Christmas display altogether will only result in yet another of those “my kids school has banned the nativity” type reactions that certain newspapers and political parties use to convince us all that our cultural heritage (!) is being legislated away. Don’t get me wrong I’m not suggesting that inflatable 20 ft snowmen that wave their arms at you are exactly a part of British culture, but celebrating Christmas in a brash and gaudy way is to many. Some gentle restriction and some encouragement to revert back to less mechanical means of enjoying the right to make a show of yourself might create change in a fairly short period of time. Perhaps the local council could hold a ‘decorate your house using only recyclable materials’ competition to encourage people to put a bit of thought into it next year?

By: David Thompson

David Thompson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:37:42 +0000

We have a way of sorting out these annoying problems up in Manchester – we pull the electricity point from the offending house! Job done!

By: Joan Jones

Joan Jones — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:54:39 +0000

Whoops! a couple of typing errorsin my piece – you lost the c in colour and the second m in mammoth. JJ

By: Joan Jones

Joan Jones — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:52:44 +0000

Whoops! two typing errors in my piece – you lost the c in front of colour, and the second m in mammoth!!!!