Christmas hell

is it just me or is this time of year getting to be more hellish with every passing year

the same old music, re hashed, re released or just exactly the same

stores selling special christmas gifts, rather than trying to get us to buy ordinary items that people may actually want or need.

And the stores themselves, hyped up, inflated prices, no staff and no fun experience. now i know i have never actually enjoyed shopping, but it is gettign worse at xmas

and finally - the craze of covering not just inside but the outside of the house with lights and decorations... the stores and power companies must LOVE it

MJ - enough is enough

Although i agree that the passing of the great MJ is very sad, and he did give us some fantastic music. Isn't it time to move on a bit? Everyday for the entire week the TV and radio have been full of him. He hasn't released a new record for years and was hardly ever played. Then, as soon as he dies he his back on the airwaves every few records, and no end of TV shows about him and his life. I can understand this at the start, and then again around the time of the funeral and memorial service - but not every day. And many people seem to have forgotton the more dubious parts of his life - such as WHY he lost his home and fortune. Now the row is over his children, and who gets custody. Why shouldn't two of them go to their natural birth mother? What is so wrong in that? RIP MJ, enjoy the peace that you now have!