St. George's Day

A true story, of the history of Saint Georges Day..

Happy Saint George's Day.  Saint George is the Patron Saint of England.

Today marks the day that a dragon was slain.  <insert mother in law jokes here>

In old England, brave George is remembered for summoning tremendous strength, courage and determination.  He killed the fire breathing old dragon that had been attacking the villagers, destroying their crops and turning their homes into ashes.

St. George was actually an outspoken Roman soldier serving a Pagan Emperor. He protested the treatment and torture of Christians by his fellow Romans.

St. George, with hideous dragon, Mildred.

He paid for his beliefs when he made a plea to the Emperor Diocletian to spare the lives of Christians. The Emperor decided that if George cared so much for these lowly citizens, then he must also be a devout Christian himself.  He was tortured to force him to deny his faith and when this did not yield the desired response, he was beheaded. Poor George was only 33.

The slaying of the dragon is symbolic of the courage George showed against the Emperor.  It is however a little ironic that George did not win his battle, nor did he ever set foot in England.  He was born in Turkey and died in Palestine.

Saint George's day was adopted in 1222, when he replaced Saint Edmund the Martyr (King of East Anglia) as England's Patron Saint.

You can visit George and The Dragon here in London City: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/60/236/23

Eastermas Eve - Grog on Sale!

Here come the holidays!  Four days of rest and relaxtation, eating and drinking.. 

It is like a low maintenance version of Christmas because you didn't need to buy presents or see the relatives!

As always and as part of our public service and customer care, we have scoured the supermarkets for cheap holiday grog. This year's winners are Asda (Walmart if outside the UK) and Sainsbury's.

70p a per 440ml can of Fosters in Asda.

53p per 300ml bottle of Bud in Sainsburys.

No wonder they call us 'Boozy Brits' , but it has been a tough old year and our therapy is arriving in a bottle!

See you in-world.  Happy Easter.

Here come the Holidays

God pops in to London City

It is a short working week with the Easter break arriving in just 4 days and then it is 4 more days of rest and relaxation. 

The wonderful thing about Easter is that it is like Christmas, but without the hassle of buying presents and visiting windy relatives.

London City will be hosting our famous Egg and Spoon Races, The Easter Egg Cash Hunt and the dubious race without a name beginning on Friday!

we also have the Televangelist Revival show, with all the top stars of the church just begging for your money whilst singing songs about suffering.

We've also got special shows for the holidays, so be sure to keep in touch with this blog!