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In a year without Christmas, we have to ask ourselves: What is Christmas really about? When you were a child, it might have been all about you. But, as you get older, it increasingly becomes about other people. Never mind what presents they might, or might not, want... where do they want to spend it? With whom? When? As the history of Christmas has travelled from festivals to ward off the dark times, through celebrations of salvation to culturally compulsory commercialism, it is no wonder that even Father Christmas is losing the thread. So... join us this year for our International Conference at Santaland, where we can get this all sorted out!…mehr

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In a year without Christmas, we have to ask ourselves: What is Christmas really about? When you were a child, it might have been all about you. But, as you get older, it increasingly becomes about other people. Never mind what presents they might, or might not, want... where do they want to spend it? With whom? When? As the history of Christmas has travelled from festivals to ward off the dark times, through celebrations of salvation to culturally compulsory commercialism, it is no wonder that even Father Christmas is losing the thread. So... join us this year for our International Conference at Santaland, where we can get this all sorted out!
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David Brown served in the British Army for almost forty years and between 1969 and 1976 spent a good deal of time in Northern Ireland serving with a top infantry regiment as both a platoon sergeant and later as a platoon commander. He left the infantry for the elite Army Physical Training Corp and received a commission, eventually reaching the rank of Major, having been awarded both a military BEM and an MBE.