the early morning cold that lasts all day
the kaleidoscope of colors that light up the streets at night (including the million tail-lights)
the never-ending medley of songs
if you haven't figured it out yet - christmas is here. while most of my friends have already written entries about THE season, i, on the other hand, could not put my thoughts into words. maybe because although happiness is floating in the air, it doesn't really get to me that much.
ebenezer. grinch.
probably it is because somehow it started to seem repetitive to you. people choose to become nice, to give, to smile, to forgive - only during christmas, and choose apathy the rest of the year. or perhaps it is because you grow old and aside from realizing that santa could not possibly give gifts to all the children in one night (so your mom and dad decided to help him out that fateful night), you learn that all the wonder you see and feel during the holidays but half-mask the sad living conditions of other people.
i do miss the child i once was. yet, being able to see beyond the air, the colors, the smells, the sounds -- the things that scream christmas! is something i don't regret learning. because then, i know that more than the heightened sensory pleasure that we associate with christmas, it also reminds us to do something to change what needs changing in this world.
told you i was not joking when i wrote 'world peace' and 'an end to famine' on my wishlist.
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