Today we open another door in our Advent calendar. We started with the number 1 and now we are at number 20, unless we have cheated because we couldn't wait to see what 24 was keeping for us. I like the idea, counting up from 1 to 24, one day at a time, until we reach the great day.
I have two Advent calendars this year. One I bought from a charity organisation, and behind every door there are some wise words to boost our humanity. The other I got from my oldest daughter, and behind every door there is a very small piece of chocolate. Behind no. 24 there is (was) a bigger piece. I do like it. Counting up to Xmas, one day at a time. I think I still have some of the child in me.
My Uncle Jack has made his own Advent calendar. It has 56 doors. He started by opening no. 56 on the first of November. That's when it all starts he says. That's when his wife starting buying Christmas presents - and he drives her to town and wait for her while she is shopping. And it is cold and windy and either raining or snowing. And when they get back, it's all about decorating the house.
Under door no. 56 it said 'Only 56 days left'. Today he opened door no. 5. 'Only 5 days left', it said. 'Why 5 days?', I asked him, 'it's Christmas in 4 days'?
'I'm counting down', he explained. 'Counting down to the day when it's over and the world returns to normalcy after two months of insanity. Counting down to the day when people stop spending the time they do not have and the money the cannot afford to spend on silly objects for people that do not want them.
It may not seem much to you Pulo, two months of Christmas every year. But if you think of it. For every period of 6 years, you spend 1 year preparing for Christmas. If you live to be 90, you will have spent 10 years of your adult life in preparation of Christmas. Think about what you could have done of sensible things with that time'.
Well - I don't know.
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