Merry Christmas
Muna Al-Fuzai
This week I took a decision to greet all my friends and whoever calls me 'Merry Christmas'. A group of my Kuwaiti friends decided to send this greeting to everyone, Kuwaiti or not. Why not? We started this with our mobile profile. We showed our joy and happiness at this season in a simple way. In fact I love this time of the year not only because we celebrate the end of a year of chaos afterwards, but due to the hope and joy this season brings.
Now I know some would argue that saying this while we in the Middle East are in the thick of war and conflict zones makes me look like a dreamer and this joy thing is more like a fantasy. Well as long as we are alive, these joyous seasons will come in our life and they will not stop because some have chosen to fight among themselves or a country falls into civil war and its people are dying. This is the time to think how much we have lost for nothing. There are no winners in wars.
Still, Christmas reminds us how pure and valuable we are as humans, something we forgot in the midst of greed. Nothing is insignificant at Christmastime. This is the time when we recall our humanity, pondering how far or near we are from the people we love, and exchange gifts. It's the biggest shopping event of the year worldwide. For example in the US, the weeks leading up to Christmas are the biggest shopping weeks of the year. Many retailers make up to 70 percent of their annual revenue in the month preceding Christmas. Exchanging gifts is not about how much money you can spend, but how dear to your heart are those people.
These little moments we give to others, even to strangers, means a lot. Through time, people have added colourful additions to Christmas like the Christmas tree. The first artificial Christmas trees were made of goose feathers dyed green by the Germans. 'Jingle Bells' was originally called 'One Horse Open Sleigh'. It was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs.
This is the time of the year where you feel everyone has a smile on their faces. This is not the time to think of who is Christian and who is not or think of those who will object for sharing with our friends their wonderful season.
For all those who celebrate or share with their friends this season of joy, I wish Merry Christmas.
By Muna Al-Fuzai
muna@kuwaittimes.net
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