November Comes to a Close

As November draws to a close, I find myself becoming immersed in the commercial world that is the holiday known as Christmas.

'Christmas' specials are now beginning to be plastered over every single shop window and during every ad break on TV. They are plastered on bus stops, buses, radios and yes, even written in the sky.

Christmas carols play endlessly on a mindless deary loop in the shopping malls and arcades. Smiling employees don Christmas hats and decorate their stores in shiny tinsel and flashing lights. God I feel sorry for those people, I have to wonder if they go insane or not, listening to all those darned tunes.

The time of year where cakes, turkeys and chickens are practically shoved into your face as you walk down the aisle, candies and puddings, firecrackers and more, all useless yet you can't help but find yourself buying. It probably cost .15 cents to make yet you find yourself paying $5+ for the plastic trinkets to place on your plastic (or real) tree.

Powerbills increase as you throw bright lights over your house and tree, hanging from the walls and ceiling, no real use, they just sit there and look pretty.

I never really understood the commercialism of christmas, all I can say and ask is wish me luck as I myself, will charge headfirst into the stampeding masses looking for that last minute special, as I grab my presents for those I hold close, and probably stop off for a nice cuppa hot chocolate somewhere, and because I am an Australian, I will ride a kangaroo home into the slowly setting sun, over a desert horizon, dotted with bushes and cacti, deprived of water.

In other words, the darn thing jumped out at me, I have done little to no christmas shopping. I better get on the ball, I don't want to leave it last minute~