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I have a choice to make on my stance of Mothering Sunday. It’s a tricky one.

I have to choose between religion and the USA.

You see, most of the holidays and festivals in England have traditional religious roots. Religious roots that I do not believe in, or care about.

The thing is, those happy North Americans love celebrating anything pointless, and invented “Mother’s Day” about 100 years ago.  Hence all the cards we can now buy.

So, do I send my mum a card based on pointless religion, or pointless American festivals?

Have a good one mate!

Also, just because it’s free, don’t over do it on the wine.

Why do we still ‘celebrate’ Halloween?

If anyone can give me 1 good reason, I’ll happily dress as Frankenstein’s monster for Christmas day.

I’d happily celebrate the end of harvest in Gaelic culture…. If I was Gaelic!

But dressing up as a witch or ghost has got to be the most distant topic to harvest I’ve ever heard of.

If you come back with “because it’s fun”, then that doesn’t count. Lots of things are fun, but we don’t throw spiders’ webs and fake rats in shop windows for it.

Or should I idle by mindlessly and throw on a cape?

Anyway, to celebrate this year, I choked on a Salmon bone. How apt? :-/