I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality – you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. Topic: Christmas, Author: Richard Dawkins Share Article: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Telegram Share on Whatsapp Copy Link
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1 People have nannies and big cars and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved people get ruthless.
2 So when I was 13 I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only.
3 I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips.
4 Well because I have twin seven-year-old boys I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas so it is a costly though extremely pleasing proposition.
