
A Pre Note From Aaron - So I have no idea what Harvey's Christmas article is about, but I assume it'll be very down on Christmas. As such to contradict him here is my tiny black Christmas tree I dig out every year, my miniature Nature's Prophet Plushie and literally the WaC site wishing you a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for your continued support in spite of our very poor release schedule, hope you got everything you wanted <3
And so another
Christmas has reared its annoying, greedy, stupid, but slightly
appreciated head for another year. Outside of being forced to take part in Christmas, mostly I'm happy that our viewers continue to check in enough that I get to write a second one of these and that writing for the site remains enjoyable without going completely ignored.
But back to it. The lead up to Christmas is a lot
like life. You spend the entire time being tested with repetitive conversations about what you're up to and things you've bought, listening to bad music, buying
endless trash that won't bring anyone any form of joy and then at the
end of it all are left with only a memory of an event that was at
best, slightly above average.
The only thing that I
really appreciated this year about getting older and so finding
Christmas increasingly disappointing is the fact that I now seem to
be over the hump of at least the disappointment being a surprise now.
Having purged any expectation that I will be receiving the gifts that
I so happily absorbed like the greedy present grabbing shit stain that I
once was, when I was weaker willed and spoilt by the day, I can now
go in expecting just a catch up with some family I haven't seen in a
while and then the inevitable cocks versus cunts edition of trivial
pursuit which breaks out once everyone but me is suitably drunk
enough because the thought of freely driving home at the end of all
this is enough to avoid the sedation of alcohol.