Advent or Madvent - take your pick!
Advent or Madvent - which is it for you?
- Advent is
that special season of the year when we prepare our hearts to celebrate the
coming of Christ as a child in Bethlehem two thousand years ago.
- Madvent
is the period before December the 25th when the western world seems to go
crazy! Grown men sport Father Christmas pixie hats and otherwise mature
women don antlers. Children bay like banshees to be given the latest
gadget and then act like hyped up bees whose hive has just been
disturbed. The office party causes adults to say and do things which
often embarrass them afterwards and personal debt hits previously unseen peaks
of snow-covered credit. And all in the name of Christmas! Now, I am
not being like Scrooge about this - though I doubt if I'll be persuaded to wear
antlers myself - but I just pray that our choice will be clear and
simple. As for me and my house - we are going to celebrate Advent, and
leave Madvent to others!
