The best Christmas present money can’t buy

September 30, 2007 on 8:10 am | In Uncategorized |

I got my first Christmas catalogue in the mail on Friday. That’s a record I think - usually the retailers wait until after the Labour Day weekend. Which is this weekend of course, for the benefit of any Queenslanders reading, so expect to see the decorations go up in K-Mart this week.

Now John Howard, in the great conservative tradition of small government, has announced that the government will sponsor a Christmas parade in Sydney … on 25 November. He’s copying the Americans again, if you needed to be told.

Prime Minister John Howard has announced that the Federal Government will provide $1 million in funding for an inaugural Christmas parade to be held in Sydney.

The parade will be similar to Thanksgiving and Christmas parades held annually in America and will be held on November 25 this year.

In a statement, Mr Howard says that the parade aims to “strengthen a sense of community by encouraging people to join together to celebrate the holiday season.”

I don’t know what Sydney’s done to deserve this gift but maybe he intends to announce similar measures all around Australia.

Quite why people need any encouragement to ‘celebrate the holiday season’ a full month before Christmas Day escapes me. The retailers will love him but a few other employers might wish he’d defer the holiday celebrations for a few weeks. But the choice of date intrigued me, given that the prime-minister-in-waiting has hinted strongly that the election would be held the day before.

It would be delicious irony if Howard ends up paying for a victory parade for the ALP. Certainly if the polls are to be believed, there would be a lot of spontaneous joy and dancing in the streets if Sunday 25 November dawns on a Howard-free Australia. People won’t need Christmas as a reason to celebrate.

Will Philip Ruddock be on a float as the ghost of Liberal Christmas yet to come, along with a few detainees allowed out from Villawood for the day? Maybe Billy Bunter can broadcast a message of Christmas cheer to the Christian community in Iraq … oh wait, it’s pretty much ceased to exist post-invasion. And of course the parade wouldn’t be complete without Brendan Nelson riding on a tank, wearing reindeer antlers.

They should sign up Joe Hockey to play Santa. It will be a sight to behold should he have lost his seat to a television weatherman the night before.

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  1. Howards going for the “Muslims are taking over our holidays” vote.

    Comment by Bob — September 30, 2007 #

  2. He’s copying the Americans again, if you needed to be told.

    Gawd, I am so sick of his pseudo-ersatz-Yankee stunts.

    Comment by Damian Doyle — October 1, 2007 #

  3. God this is shameless. Wish Hockey, Ruddock, Nelson et al would parade on a float so the populace can throw eggs.

    Comment by Helen — October 8, 2007 #

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