One of the scariest sights now a days is our version of Santa Claus straying in the shopping malls in India during Christmas!
First of all, Santa is supposed to be likeable!! Children should scream and rush towards the fat man in the red suit to sit on his lap and ask for presents. Here, the scene is quite different. Children do scream, but that’s because they get sh*t scared looking at the ghastly figure who is stuffed to make a skinny guy look artificially fat and whose loose fitting white beard keeps sliding down giving way to his unshaven visage!
Secondly, they wont sit on his lap anymore ...why? Well, there are two reasons for that, one, because those little toddlers have pissed in their pants at the first glimpse of Mr Scary Claus and second, because his red suit STINKS!! Its not been washed since the past 7 seasons and has got stains all over it, and the Santa is boiling and sweating under the red woollen suit in the Bombay heat! No one wants a gift from a Smelly Santa! And what gifts are we talking about!! A silly balloon? a pencil? Stupid facemasks? Kids could buy more than that with their pocket money these days!
To make it worse, the organizers of the event insist on playing the latest film songs in full blast, thinking that this is some ritual to get the crowd into the 'party spirit'. They do succeed in rupturing few eardrums though! Jingle Bells has been replaced with some jing-bang item number from the latest movie.
To me, Christmas is about giving. (And no, I don't mean giving Headaches). More than giving gifts and exchanging wishes, I feel that the season is about giving 'hope'. It’s about giving education to an underprivileged child with a hope to see a more secure future. It’s about giving care to the patients with a hope of being accepted. It's about buying the Santa cap from the street vendor with the hope that someone will be able to buy food today.
It’s about giving time to your family whom you have been ignoring all year long when you were busy earning for yourself.
Reach out!
First of all, Santa is supposed to be likeable!! Children should scream and rush towards the fat man in the red suit to sit on his lap and ask for presents. Here, the scene is quite different. Children do scream, but that’s because they get sh*t scared looking at the ghastly figure who is stuffed to make a skinny guy look artificially fat and whose loose fitting white beard keeps sliding down giving way to his unshaven visage!
Secondly, they wont sit on his lap anymore ...why? Well, there are two reasons for that, one, because those little toddlers have pissed in their pants at the first glimpse of Mr Scary Claus and second, because his red suit STINKS!! Its not been washed since the past 7 seasons and has got stains all over it, and the Santa is boiling and sweating under the red woollen suit in the Bombay heat! No one wants a gift from a Smelly Santa! And what gifts are we talking about!! A silly balloon? a pencil? Stupid facemasks? Kids could buy more than that with their pocket money these days!
To make it worse, the organizers of the event insist on playing the latest film songs in full blast, thinking that this is some ritual to get the crowd into the 'party spirit'. They do succeed in rupturing few eardrums though! Jingle Bells has been replaced with some jing-bang item number from the latest movie.
To me, Christmas is about giving. (And no, I don't mean giving Headaches). More than giving gifts and exchanging wishes, I feel that the season is about giving 'hope'. It’s about giving education to an underprivileged child with a hope to see a more secure future. It’s about giving care to the patients with a hope of being accepted. It's about buying the Santa cap from the street vendor with the hope that someone will be able to buy food today.
It’s about giving time to your family whom you have been ignoring all year long when you were busy earning for yourself.
Reach out!
