Monday, December 25, 2006
Christmas is here...
On the 12th day of christmas, my true love (who?) gave to me:
12 fantasy books
11 fiction books
10 UMDs
09 Original Comics
08 Holidays*
07 Quad-core PCs
06 PSPs
05 Diamond Rings
04 Playstation 3
03 Sony Bravia X
02 Sports Car (Lamborghini & Ferrari)
And a mansion on a hilltop in France.
*Mauritus, Seychelles, Caribbeans, Madagascar, Alaska, Japan, Brazil, Switzerland
Seriously, the 12 days of christmas song really alludes me. What is it trying to tell us other than to be materialistic and wanting? Hmm... or maybe I interpreted it wrong. I think.
First of all, who said Christ was actually born on 25th of Dec???!!! It was never written anywhere in the Bible. And it is nigh impossible for the birth of Christ to happen in winter as the shepherds were out in the fields with their flocks. And a bit of Wiki-ing revealed that the Roman Catholic had a hand in this one (as usual, haha). Ancient 25th Dec was actually a day pagans worship the sun-god or something like that, so the Pope decided to use the birth of Christ as a reason to temp down this pagan worships (Misuse of trust, sigh... the Roman Catholics!!!). So many protestants actually dimmed celebrating Christmas as a crime... but I say, what the hell?!! It is just a day to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is just a symbol, so play along dudes.
Me: Merry Christmas
Guy in Church: Oops, we don't celebrate Christmas.
Me: Oh... so when do you celebrate the birth of Christ?
GiC: Every Sunday.
Which is superbly true and I totally agree. But then, what is Easter for again? Again, no one is pretty sure when Christ died, it was just approximate too. And yet we all celebrate Easter. When we celebrate Christmas, we are just celebrating the birth of Christ, likewise, we celebrate Easter because we celebrate the death of Christ.
Christmas was supposed to celebrate the birth of Christ, yet leave it to the Americans to destroy that and build an illusion of greed and a fat man who is over a thousand years old with a BMI of over 40 and yet had no history of cardiovascular disease. And a slave-driver to boot. He has elves working for him 365 days a week, with no pay, no life, just slaving away making presents for all the greedy children in the world.
The real Saint Nicholas was Dutch and he gave money away for dowries or something like that, if my memory serves me right. But too bad kids this day don't get to be taught these things. They are brought up thinking about writing letters and getting stuff (I admit, I was a kid once too. At least I grew up). Well, at least there is an initiative to be good all year round *grin*. Oh, and I found out, Santa Claus is pretty tech-savvy too. Now there is an email address which kids can email their letters too. Sigh... kids these days.
Anyways, it's Christmas and I'm home alone doing nothing but rolling around in bed. Sigh, I need to get a life. Ok, let's go make love to my PSP again.
Warping the minds of men and shepherding the masses has always been your church's domain. You lure sheep with empty miracles and a dead god.
- Sydney, Vagrant Story
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