Big W Slogan

[Delta40]

You told us we would get it for less
and you were right.
We have to endure the endless
posters with smiling bright eyed faces
revelling in the festive season
The God awful looping Xmas jingles
steeped in Northern hemisphere wintry cold
Every aisle sprayed with fake snow.
while I f ucking melt in sweltering heat
surrounded by sweaty shoppers wearing
tank tops, shorts and thongs
The monotony of hot exhausted chilren
and their irritable mothers.
That's right Big W
we all get it for less over here.
Less Xmas atmosphere
Less bloody patience
Less fun

[Hawkman]

Sorry the festive season lacks festivity for you, Delta, but surely, Christmas pudding Ice cream makes it all worth while (or can't you get that any more?) I agree that the riendeer probably wouldn't enjoy the heat, but maybe Santa swaps out his team for 6 large boomers as he crosses the line :D Anyway, there's no snow here this year, just rain. In my little corner it's mercifully mild compared with last year which was painfully and expensively cold. It does seem silly that Antipodeans should try to kid themselves that the festive season is mid winter when it's actually mid summer though. Come to think of it, I wonder if it ever snows in Jerusalem?

Tell you what, hang the tree with redbacks and funnlewebs and throw a king brown on the barbie, then close your eyes and think of "home". LOL

Live long and prosper - H

[Haunted]

What's "Big W", a chain store in Oz Land? Never saw Christmas pudding ice cream that Hawk talked about on this side of the puddle, but we got eggnog ice cream. If Big W sells it, maybe you want to sit inside your fridge with a wool hat and gloves and eat that right from the container.

[MystyrMystyry]

This reminds me a little of my last year's Christmas effort Delta. Haven't made it to the Big W (I'll wait for 'post-festive' sales), but I did grab some T shirts from K-Mart which was nearly empty (the store not the T shirts, which were completely empty until I put them on)

[DieterM]

What's it this year that so many people round me don't seem to get into the Xmas spirit? Neither do I. Won't go back home to Mama for Xmas, as a starter, and that really sucks (nothing like a good, mulled wine in a Viennese Xmas Market, then the train ride home through snow covered mountains to get into the right mood). Then, it's excessively mild here in Paris, too (okay, it was too cold last year, but at least we had snow). Your poem spoke to my very soul even if I didn't get the reference at once (had to read the comments to fully understand).

Btw, it does snow in Jerusalem (found this pic of 2008 right here http://www.onejerusalem.com/2008/02/19/second-jerusalem-snowfall-and-climate-changes/)

Anyway, reading you and what you have to endure (it must be weird to see Santes in wintercoats when you are surrounded by sweating semi-nude people), I feel less alone with my crying lack of Xmas mood. I wish you the very best for the holidays, dear Delta! Consider yourself hugged & kissed (chastely, on your cheek, of course; I know how to behave)!

[Delta40]

lol. I do have some christmas cheer. If anything, it's the Big W (yes it is a chain store) advertisements that annoy me. All these idiotic people jumping around holding cardboard signs singing 'You get if for less' arrrghhh! Mercifully, after our traditional Christmas breakfast, I'll be flying across the country to Melbourne where it is a few degrees cooler but I suppose Big W will be chanting 'You can get it for even less' for the sales!

[PrinceMyshkin]

A wee bit perversely, I wondered how or whether you'd verified that so many were wearing thongs!!

Nothing like a good rant to ward off the seasonal vampires!

[cafolini]

oh, sh*t.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer.

[Delta40]

A wee bit perversely, I wondered how or whether you'd verified that so many were wearing thongs!!

Nothing like a good rant to ward off the seasonal vampires!

ha ha! I don't know why we aussies call that cheap rubber footwear thongs - but I can assure you Prince, no matter your age or size, we all wear them here :coolgleamA:

[AuntShecky]

MystyrMystry's reply (#4) above was pretty witty, huh?

Your piece was funnier than some reveler with the mistaken belief that he's God's gift to women standing under the mistletoe without any takers.

I got that the Big W is the equivalent of Walmart here in the States. As bad as it is, the Big W's ads aren't nearly as annoying as Walmart's pre-Xmas commercials. But I have to admit that they are above board as far as their priorities are. Instead of playing Christmas carols or holiday songs in the background, the commercials are scored with AC/DC's "Back in Black" -- black as it's used in "Black Friday."

Delta, I hope 2012 will be the best year you've ever had (so far.)

[cafolini]

Walmart should be honored by the common man, who has no other place to buy cheaper from A to Z and the clothing stands are of a better quality than Macy's and many others by far. This might not be true outside USA but mainly because of taxation.
Plus they have a network of special services that's hard to beat.

[Jerrybaldy]

Brilliant rant !!! I am loving sweary Delta :) Brits crowd the airports to escape to the sun for christmas. Would you like an After Eight?