Suddenly ...like everybody else I am aware that Christmas is upon me ... sure we put up a tree a few weeks ago and we decorated Ida in a Santa suit ... but today ... two days before the big fella drops our presents off I am having an epiphany ...
Santa isn't going to drop off presents (as I had been hoping).
I am going to have to do some shopping on the worst day in the world to do it ... the very same day that millions of other people realised that Santa was never really doing the deliveries and that they only had 1 day to make the substantial purchase which was going to demonstrate, to their loved ones, that they were thoughtful and generous.
Its a big ask! Parking is a nightmare. All the really bad drivers come out to play. The shops are too busy to offer you the amazing service you would expect given the significance of your purchase.
And then people get scratchy ... argumentative and just plane frustrated. All this because the Big guy in the red suit isn't meeting expectations.
Why why WHY?
They all saw Christmas coming ... its not like red is a secret colour! ... and certainly all of that fake snow is a dead giveaway.
Every year it is the same ... and every year we say next year will be different!
So here it is .. "Next year will be different!"
... I hope!
Christmas bests
Johannes