We need a little Christmas

Well now that another Diwali has come and gone, and the very last firework has sputtered and died, its time to move on to the next celebration.

So next we have Halloween, or time for kids to go on a sugar rush. But then this so West and some political or religious zealot may fin a way of opposing it. How can we encourage our kids to dress up like ghost and ghouls and French maids and fruits, this so not our culture, they may say ( to think about it, I don’t think they even know what their culture is). So they will oppose it vehemently, how could we dare to expose our children to such an unhealthy and sinful celebration.

Then you have the Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos (in Mexican). In India we have All Souls Day, but it’s not a day which we celebrate, it’s a day when you pray for the souls of the faithful departed and visit graves and cemeteries, not a place where you will celebrate. 

So finally you have the one, the only Christmas left, woot woot!!! Well it’s not that I think less of other festivals, but then Christmas is Christmas. At Christmas you don’t see anyone closing their ears in fear, turn deaf from the loud noise, sputter from all the pollution, or runaway from people chasing you with colours, you don’t see animals shake in fear. The only time you may close your ears during Christmas is when someone is B flat and C sharp.

You may think me crazy to get all excited about Christmas, after all it’s just two months to Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (depending on when I get this write up published). But then there’s this nip in the air that’s making me feel a lot like Christmas and make long for it to come soon.

Considering that the world has a trump sized problem and we have gone no more to NaMo, we certainly could do with a little cheering, a little joyful cheer that Christmas brings. So considering that there’s two months to Christmas, it’s time to warm up and flex those vocal chords cause it’s time to do some Carolling. You may or may not believe in him, but it is never to too late to get on Santa’s Nice list and get your wish list ready for him (come on, who doesn’t like presents, even though you know the truth).

So can’t hardly wait for Advent and start playing carols, to buy greeting cards and write and post them (let’s face it, sending greeting cards is way better than text messages). To decide if you would wear a suit, a tux, or bandgala for Christmas. To start to prepare sweets and indulge yourself .

And even though it may be two months away you can’t hardly wait. The spirit has already set in and you have been humming carols, under your breath, as pass street lights and stop lights and shopper with their treasure.

Though you may argue that’s this is all materialistic, and not the true meaning of Christmas, but then we need to remember that this helps to get the spirit in in the first place and keeping us in high spiritr

So we need a little Christmas right this very minute, candles in the window, carols at the spin it, we need a little Christmas now.