I have had one of the best Christmas ever, with the family. A surfeit of food, a constant and roaring fire in the fireplace, and, of course, good cheer were all one needs to truly celebrate the solstice.
We even managed to squeeze in a play. We saw Scrooge at the Ford theater. Scrooge is a very apt commentary on society in these neo-dickensian days. I had the occasion to see "1984" last year onstage. Then and now these plays take an uncanny topical dimension when we are faced with official lies, deceit, and grifting.
Christmas in the US is truly a festival of consumerism of awsome dimension. Not that my European friends are far behind mind you. But one cannot help but think, confronted with this orgy of credit card olympics, what this civilization really stands for. Acquisition of material possession seems to trump all else. The spread of freedom and democracy, which no doubt is a genuine aspiration of most Americans, is belied by actions in the Middle East and at home.
But let us see the good side of things. Christmas is over and we don't have to listen to these endless carols until the day after Thanksgiving 2006!
1 comment:
what, no updates for the new year??
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