Solstice and Escape to the North Pole.
20th December 2021
It is December and the solstice is tomorrow. This is our second holiday season under the pandemic.
I have never been much for holidays, yearly plotting to spend Christmas in places where there will be no trace of it.
The Christmas story is a yes for me. It is just the rest of it.... exploitation, financial stress, buy your mate an $80k SUV or feel inadequate. Hasn't this stuff done enough damage already...
But since I mostly cannot escape I find it oddly amusing to keep my eyes peeled for suburban Christmas displays. I am grateful for the comic effects created with limited material pulled out of storage - mostly Santas, plastic bits, and the fairly constant grey skies (free!).
I have never been much for holidays, yearly plotting to spend Christmas in places where there will be no trace of it.
The Christmas story is a yes for me. It is just the rest of it.... exploitation, financial stress, buy your mate an $80k SUV or feel inadequate. Hasn't this stuff done enough damage already...
But since I mostly cannot escape I find it oddly amusing to keep my eyes peeled for suburban Christmas displays. I am grateful for the comic effects created with limited material pulled out of storage - mostly Santas, plastic bits, and the fairly constant grey skies (free!).