Yet another year goes by, and yadda yadda yadda... the usual moans about how time flies. And whaddaya know... It's Christmas again!
What I cannot understand (and for that matter cannot stand...) is every Christmas the radio stations' insistence on playing Wham's Last Christmas!!! For starters, it has very little, if anything to do with the spirit of Christmas, save for the word "Christmas" peppering the lyrics.
Secondly, it's a very sad song, and certainly if you pay enough attention to the words you will see it too. It's possibly one of the saddest pop songs I know, notwithstanding Tony Rich Project's Nobody Knows. Now THAT is downright miserable.
But hey, we're in the midst of the holiday season, so no more mention of gloom. Look forward to turkey, cranberry sauce, pudding, and all the yummy Christmassy grub. Ho ho ho!!!
As a footnote, I think it's very strange how so many people think about Christmas when they are not even Christians... I for one am not, yet I am actually having a dinner at my place on this occasion?! Must be the atmosphere created by the sheer force of commercialisation. I read somewhere that many people don't even know the meaning of Christmas. Not that I'm surprised, Christmas today is more about snow, Santa, presents and turkey! A pity, for what should be really associated with Christmas is Jesus Christ, Three Wise Men, Bethlehem. And still no, I'm not Christian, though I was brought up with a lot of education along those lines... Another story for another day...
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