Let's ban Xmas

Daniel Hannan wonders whether in the light of the financial crisis,we should cancel Christmas.

Or at least the Xmas party as the Croatians have done

The Croation Government has banned Christmas and New Year's parties in public sector offices because of the global financial crisis.
State-run firms and organisations have also been told not to buy Christmas presents.
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader says there is no need for panic in the face of the global crisis, but the country has to be serious.

Now there is a good idea

But as Daniel points out

in Britain, where the public sector is immune from the effects of the downturn. The rest of the country may be feeling the squeeze, but the Guardian continues to groan with advertisements for liaison officers and diversity advisers and equality consultants and outreach workers. In the rare event that they lose their jobs, government employees go away with hundreds of thousands of pounds in severance deals