They sure know how to Christmas
What is the first thing you think of when someone
brings the Christmas up? I mean, of course, it`s the tree, candies, Santa,
turkey, snow (well the snow is falling down here so rarely that I put it on the
fifth place)... But what else? For me, and I`m sure for many others of you
out there, Christmas has to do something
with the Christmas spirit. And Christmas spirit goes with Christmas
songs. I cannot imagine December without hearing carols for the whole month,
prepairing me for »The Night« finally to come. The older, the better, I guess, but even some
new ones ain`t pretty bad. Hearing everything you need to know about snow,
Rudolf who is taking Santa right to your chimney and great Santa guy who is
then checking his list to get you some of your most wanted gifts, you`ve never
expected to get, seem to be just fine, but I guess do not appeal to me anymore.
Well, this is the moment, you`d practically say, c`mon girl, what is your
problem? But yet, there are so many of such and they are coming to you so
strong and with such intense, you buy it. You start believing it and if you don`t
get to live like that, you better start, cuz otherwise you`de be called a
freak. Capitalism or whatever this thing might be called has a great influence
even on such primary and simple things as holidays. Christmas is one of the
greatest achievements capitalism has done in the whole history. And I suppose
it shall only get further.
So, to get down to it, before, I never wandered how
it feels to be on the other side. I was happily sitting on my sofa in my
(probably) red or green dress and some cristal jewelry, helping with the too huge
dinner and watching our over-lighted and over-decorated house and killing
myself for the whole December what to get anybody for Christmas. (Including
running around the stores, complaining over the crowd and then thinking over
and over again if that was really the right thing to buy for my mom etc.) But as I grew older, the more and more I
started to walk towards that other side. Or not to say I walked, I even opened up the door to let it in. Not
to mention some persons, who are my closest friends and do not celebrate
Christmas at all, I also couldn`t imagine, how it feels to be when not
everything is right on Christmas. I could say I`ve been there and I know how it
feels, but when you listen to such Christmas spirit, advertised everywhere, I`ve
mentioned before, Christmas propaganda working through the songs, I`ve never
heard many songs about people, for whom the things we usually deal with durng
Christmas time (and take them really seriously, such as gifts, how to make your
turkey taste delicious, what to wear on new year`s eve etc) seem the final thing to think about. But yet I did.
I can`t remember when it happened and why, but I`ve always liked Lennon`s War
is over. This piece has always been and
remains my favourite Christmas song ever.The melody is so simple, the vocal
lines are so clear and yet the message is so strong. And when I hear the sound
of the children, accompaining him in the chorus, I feel like yeah,« let`s hope
it`s a good one«. I feel so sad and yet
happy. I know this one was written for special purpose during those years, but
pacifistic message could be understood whenever and even wherever. It even has
to do something with you or relations in your closest area, your family. Not
reaching my favourite one, but still close to the top, comes Do they know it`s
Christmas time at all. I like the idea Bono get to combine such great sound
with charity purpose. And not only this,
the greatest value of this song it`s once again, in its message. Just to raise
awareness. To tell people, somewhere outside our »safe« (and as I could say »blind«) world are people, who don`t even have the time to
think of Christmas,cuz the »the greatest gift they get is gift of life«. I like the cover of the album. It might be
strong, but strong is what you need when trying to achieve something. This
year, 20 years after Do they know it`s Christmas came out, some artists got together
again and did the same thing. Bono was yet again working, but what might be
funny is, that when I listen to the original, I know everybody, but now, I
barely know few. (Well, my own problem, I suppose).
Just to say, for me, these people sure know how to
Christmas. It might be far more easier to just enjoy the holidays when you have
too much of everyhing. Even though such songs got popular, they might never
reach the popularity of the ultra hits, providing exclusive Christmas spirit.
Maybe for people don`t want to bother about problems in December, maybe because
they have they own. But let`s just think. December and 24th of December are days
as all the others. 24th might not feed a hungry man on the street, 24th might
not wipe tears from one`s eyes, 24th might be the loneliest day for someone. On
24th not all people will be merry. And we might need a song for that.
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