Christmas is dead. Okay, well, it isn’t. It’s been reborn as a three-month-long consumer orgy. We’re good at orgies here in Hong Kong, especially if shopping is involved – throw in eating, drinking and gifts, and Paradise has arrived early. Okay, we guys need the knee-high boots and short skirts many females in Paradise wear during the orgy for us to truly get involved. And every year the orgy gets longer; this year I saw my first mention of Christmas in a local shop at the end of August! Almost four months before the after-Christmas sales orgy starts...

And wonder of wonders, praise the Lord for he is great and bountiful, during all this orgying (is there such a word?) we all seem to make money. Which, of course, sets off a completely different round of celebratory orgies… So do you think Christmas is dead? Or do you still think it’s important to show your love through thought and deed rather than extravagant gifts? Do you do more than just give cash to a charity – and give of your time as well? Well then, join the Christmas Resistance Movement and boycott Christmas. You’ll undoubtedly get trampled in the consumer orgy, but at least you can feel good that you’re not buying into the Christmas hysteria. As for the rest of us, well, the orgy’s just getting started...

If you are going to send bc a card or gift this festive period, then please don’t. We do appreciate the thought, but we’d rather you gave the money to Operation Santa Claus or the charity of your choice and just dropped us an email to say hi and mention the charity involved.

Emmy, Chitra, Rachel, Maggie, Ken and Simon wish you, all our readers, a Joyous Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year

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