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The Filipino culture, admittedly
been influenced by many years of foreign presence, would have that ‘santa’ fever
lingering in the air whenever the holidays arrive. Too bad that Santa has to battle it out with
rains (and typhoons at rare times), but hey, he can and almost always makes it
in time. It won’t matter if his suit is
sweltering hot should the weather decided to be more unforgiving and blows him
the tropical winds instead. Never mind
if we have no chimneys for him to climb down, he would then even favor
visiting us as it will be easier (and less messy) to put those gifts. It did not created any hassles if cookies and
milk were rare and instead offer say bibingka and puto bumbong for him to enjoy
while sneaking in and out of each home.
We all believed that Santa exists one time or the other. I’m not sure for this generation though.
What’s good about the concept is
mixed with the innocence of any child, things become possible. Not unlike the Middle Eastern idea of Jinn
(genie in western cultures) in the lamp, you can only wish for one thing in the
case of Santa. So, you need to truly dig
deep and think what is that one thing that your heart truly desires. Amidst all of the possibilities, there is
that one thing you truly want. That was then, until the child went to school,
acquired a degree, applied, got into a work and become part of the ‘adult
world’. The child GREW up in short. With all the innocence gone, that one thing
that they truly want took another shape, got internal wirings and now has wifi
or social networking capabilities --- they also now come in different colors
and can be upgraded into several versions (ice cream sandwich anyone?)
I tried browsing the internet for
Santa’s address and I was bombarded with lots of information, kids (and adults)
from other parts of the world are lucky to have means to write to him. Volunteers line-up to answer these letters
all in the spirit of the season. Links
below will route you these websites and browsing through them would have you
reading on actual letters done by kids from all over the world. Some are funny, thoughtful and outright
hilarious (hey, they are from kids, they have licensed to be that way).
http://www.nzpost.co.nz/home/christmas-sorted/send-a-letter-to-santa
I do not intend to have this blog
post long, but in spirit of the coming holidays, I want you dear readers to
revisit that kid in everyone and reply (or just PM me) WHAT IS YOUR GROWN UP
CHRISTMAS wish? Yes, that’s taken from a
rather popular song (see video below courtesy of Youtube). And maybe we will have another posting of the replies soon.
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