The Wardman Wire

The Debunking of the Winterval Myth

We do not believe in the Winterval Myth.
We believe that - many years ago in 1997 - somebody complained about the word “Winterval”.
and that Winterval was not conceived as a competitor to Christmas.
It was a season of celebration,
conceived in good faith.
But the Bishop of Birmingham did misrepresent their intentions,
and hold them up to ridicule.
We believe that we must debunk it every single year
and that we must keep alive the memory of the Winterval complaint,
in order to give us something to write about before Christmas.
We do not believe that Christmas is excluded from the festivities
even when it happens, and we will shout our opinion loudly - many times.
We shall start the season of Debunking in October,
and keep referring to it until just before Easter.
We accept the fact that we look like trainspotters
as the price of upholding the Truth.
We believe that a complaint about Winterval shall come again
and that the tabloid press will continue to print a lot of articles about it,
even if we can’t find any.
In preparation for That Day
we shall continue The Debunking of the Myth
in remembrance of a time when it took place
once for all.
We believe in the debunking, the whole debunking, and the media-narrative resulting.
One day we will think again and find something else to write about,
and all our articles shall be made new.
Until that time we shall continue to maintain the memory,
taking the mick and maintaining the thread.
For ever.
Amen.

(with apologies to the Apostles Creed)