The X-mas X-perience
And another one has passed by. Too much eating and even more drinking in an atmosphere of endless and just too fake best wishes. Wishes for peace and joy. With even more wishes to come in a few days. But lets talk about that some other time.
Again it was a snowless Christmas. But -at least in Belgium- we're getting used to that I suppose. And with the way things are going I'm not exactly hoping in better things to come. This morning I read about some island that just disappeared due to the rising sea. People had to be evacuated, homes have gone lost. And with those, all the stories belonging to them. Stories now to be told by way of myths of some underwater city where a new type of life has taken over.
But it's Christmas time. Let's not talk about climate change, 'cause I could go on writing about the subject for days. And that we will not be having snow at Christmas any more is just something we will have to live with, looking at the bright side of things: no risk of slipping and breaking your leg, no risk of crashing your car against some tree that just would not move. And hey, half of the world is off even worse: celebrating Christmas laying on a beach, with a merciless sun hitting you with its intense rays... I wonder, does Santa wear a t-shirt in these countries?
Whatever. Like I stated in my opening sentence: another one has passed. The small shiny lights illuminating whole cities and fake trees will be shining for just a few more days. And the world will get back to normal. To trying to live up to the wishes made for Christmas, hoping they will not be no more than just wishes.
Again it was a snowless Christmas. But -at least in Belgium- we're getting used to that I suppose. And with the way things are going I'm not exactly hoping in better things to come. This morning I read about some island that just disappeared due to the rising sea. People had to be evacuated, homes have gone lost. And with those, all the stories belonging to them. Stories now to be told by way of myths of some underwater city where a new type of life has taken over.
But it's Christmas time. Let's not talk about climate change, 'cause I could go on writing about the subject for days. And that we will not be having snow at Christmas any more is just something we will have to live with, looking at the bright side of things: no risk of slipping and breaking your leg, no risk of crashing your car against some tree that just would not move. And hey, half of the world is off even worse: celebrating Christmas laying on a beach, with a merciless sun hitting you with its intense rays... I wonder, does Santa wear a t-shirt in these countries?
Whatever. Like I stated in my opening sentence: another one has passed. The small shiny lights illuminating whole cities and fake trees will be shining for just a few more days. And the world will get back to normal. To trying to live up to the wishes made for Christmas, hoping they will not be no more than just wishes.
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