it's that time of year...when everything is so magical. there's something, just something about Christmas that i can't really put my finger on...
...back in Sayfol, i remember taking part in special xmas assemblies where we'd put on shows, sing xmas carols and delight in Kris Kringles where we'd pick a name randomly out of a hat and play secret santa for a week. oh, i was so excited about the whole occasion! going to school early to hide my gift under my chosen person's desk without getting caught and also anticipating what gift i'd receive that day. the whole school would get so caught up in the spirit of Kris Kringle, trying to get everyone else to spill the beans on who's secret santa they were or if they knew who my own secret santa was. it's true when they say that the best moments of your life are those made in school
...or maybe it's the whole hype played out by the media like;
Home Alone: when Macaulay Culkin had his 'moment' under the Christmas tree at the Rockerfeller Center when he reunited with his mum and the friendship dove he gave the pigeon women xmas morning
Love Actually: When the little girl sings 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' at the school play...with the boy crush on the drums, and then curtains are drawn upon the president kissing his secretary for everyone's view
Serendipity: when Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack fight over the last pair of cashmere gloves at Bloomingdales
...songs like Wham's 'Last Christmas', Marilyn Monroe's 'Santa Baby' & Tony Bennett's 'Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire' instantly put me in a Christmas mood! (I'm listening to N'Sync's 'Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays' now - i actually bought their Home For Christmas album yonks ago -
it's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room from the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmas time is here la la la)
...xmas trees, lights & ornaments, mistletoe, shopping sales, exchanging gifts, xmas crackers, ginger cookies (my ABSOLUTE favourite!), fruit cake, turkey & cranberry sauce, eggnog
Of course just like the imaginary santa, the spirit of xmas is all what you personally make of it. we don't have snow or open fires or huge xmas trees in the middle of merdeka square. i celebrate the season, not for it's secular aspects (far, far from it). it's a merry, merry-ful season that i'm more than obliged to get sucked into.
and like the cherry on the cherry pie, xmas has more significance this year more than ever! it's been a full year since i've been IN love, and i've never been happier. from now on my troubles are far away...
2 comments:
Thanks for enjoying "Santa Baby". However, this version was never sung by Marilyn. It's CYNTHIA BASINET. Check iTunes.
i love the season to princess although I don't I'll be having good memories of this one. Last year is at the top of my list. Things are going bad now I guess, I'll explain over lunch. Nice post
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