Secularism at Christmas

As everyone around me talks smugly of Christmas shopping done, presents wrapped and freezers filled, I’ve been analysing my personal response to Christmas festivities.  My traditional Roman Catholic background ensures the religious significance is a given, but in a secular context, my assurance about the extent of celebration is less clear.  It’s my belief that Christmas has been corrupted. Too many of us worship at the “alter of excess”, pressurised to make this Christmas “the best ever”.  The reckless consumption of food and drink and the seemingly obligatory purchasing of expensive gifts, affordable or not, doesn’t sit comfortably with me