Comments on: An old grouch at Hogmanay http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/ A Church of Ireland Priest in Dublin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2786 Ian Poulton Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:30:22 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2786 Just watched Sydney on the RTE news - don't think Dublin would quite manage that. We don't have the clear skies, anyway, even when it is midsummer, as it is in Oz. When the fireworks are over, what do people do? Hope it's more fun than walking home feeling you must have missed something! Just watched Sydney on the RTE news - don’t think Dublin would quite manage that. We don’t have the clear skies, anyway, even when it is midsummer, as it is in Oz.

When the fireworks are over, what do people do? Hope it’s more fun than walking home feeling you must have missed something!

]]> By: All http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2785 All Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:14:03 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2785 And a happy new year to you and yours Ian and fond wishes for a great 2008 (hey that rhymes!) I agree, a lot of fuss about nothing but the fireworks in Sydney are spectacular and funds raised this year go to the WWF so it's not all show and revelry but a little more impressive than watching a clock at Trafalgar Square. And a happy new year to you and yours Ian and fond wishes for a great 2008 (hey that rhymes!) I agree, a lot of fuss about nothing but the fireworks in Sydney are spectacular and funds raised this year go to the WWF so it’s not all show and revelry but a little more impressive than watching a clock at Trafalgar Square.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2784 Ian Poulton Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:49:57 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2784 Grannymar, I always felt in the North that the New Year was a Protestant response to the perception that "Christ-Mass" was something for Catholics. I knew of one Presbyterian minister who lost members of his congregation when he introduced a Christmas Day service; it was a place where they held a Watchnight Service on 31st December each year, without any dissenting voices. Grannymar,

I always felt in the North that the New Year was a Protestant response to the perception that “Christ-Mass” was something for Catholics. I knew of one Presbyterian minister who lost members of his congregation when he introduced a Christmas Day service; it was a place where they held a Watchnight Service on 31st December each year, without any dissenting voices.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2782 Grannymar Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:28:01 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2007/12/31/an-old-grouch-at-hogmanay/#comment-2782 Ian, I thought I was the only one with the "What's all the fuss about?" feeling. A happy calendar change to you and family. Hugs, Sundry. Ian, I thought I was the only one with the “What’s all the fuss about?” feeling.

A happy calendar change to you and family.

Hugs,

Sundry.

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