Sunday 23 December 2007

Christmas


I wasn’t going to, but I had to do it, I had to present a bright side on Christmas and even though this season is not very dark, at least not as dark as Easter when we celebrate three days after the guy’s death, I think there are many things that are not sincere and honest and funny. Let’s take for instance that old guy in beards, created by a company that sells coke, and I’m not talking about Super Dragões, I mean “Coca-Cola”. He dresses red, has beard, a hat and he likes to have children sitting on his lap. I’m not trying to say he’s a paedophile, but he would be in serious trouble here in Portugal.

Furthermore, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of a single mother that was living with a middle age guy who worked as a carpenter. Not much of a steady life, they had nowhere to live and she gave birth in a cavern. Seriously, what was there to celebrate? And what the hell is it with those there Wiseman, if they were that wise they wouldn’t need a star to guide them to Bethlehem, they would know how to get there.

Another issue most people claim as a downside of this season is consumerism, the idea that it is all about spending money and ostentation. I must agree that we suffer a bit of peer pressure to buy presents, but we all get kind of nice and sweet on these days, we all want to give and share. We make all efforts to be with our family and loved ones, that is why we want to give. And we also give because we want to receive!

In spite of all this weird things, Christmas like everything else in the world, has a bright side and that is of course the presents. Not much to say about it, just that we all, and I really mean all, of us like to receive them. It is something like honey, we all like honey, and we all like receiving presents.

And I present the bright side by saying... Xma’lize for presents!

3 comments:

Vera said...

Pois eu cá gosto de receber prendas, e de abanar os presentes e tentar adivinhar o que está lá então melhor!!!tb gosto das decorações e de dar prendinhas, so nao gosto de ir para o shopping compra-las, é muita confusao!!! tb gosto do pai natal das renas nem tanto, renas k voam?! poix sim!!!de resto só tenho a dizer... ESTE É O MELHOR POST DE NATAL DE TODOS OS TEMPOS!!!
MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND!

Bruno Simões said...

Pá, eu não consigo ver nenhum aspecto negativo no Natal. Tirando o facto de a bófia andar alerta, com controlos de álcool (bufadelas no balão) e radares (essas merdas que já me apanharam uma vez lol).

feliz natal pá! espero que recebas um Paulo Praça em miniatura ;)

Vitor Moura said...

tks vera!
Epah...as decorações de natal irritam-me! Ainda para mais porque tenho uma mãe que insiste em por o velho das barbas pendurado na varanda! qq dia o gajo cai...a sério!
as renas não voam...aquilo é gases!a sério...pk é k axas k o velho tem akele bigode?é o filtro de ar!
Takis...obrigado...mas nem em miniatura..preferia uma dakelas tipas da lapónia!
MERRY FUCKING (IN) CHRISTMAS to all!