It's 45 minutes to Christmas, and children around the world have gone to sleep thinking about what they will find under the Christmas tree when they wake up. It is a night of hope and dreams and everything that is most beautiful in life.
We just finished watching Santa Clause 2 and the last thing my son said before he tucked himself in was, "Mom, could you make sure you keep out some milk for Santa before you go to sleep?" The only thing he will see in his sleep tonight is a new game for his new Wii, for that is what he wishes most this Christmas. And he will be up no later than 7 AM to check what is under the tree (we have a little one and we've left the lights on tonight!).
And here I am, as has been the case in the last 2 nights, trying to fulfil my holiday season wish of writing 11 blogs in the last 11 days of the year and so far in the first 3 days have started or ended the writing in the 11th hour, no sooner. The last 2 days, it was work, today it was more fun, but no denying that this is becoming a habit. I got 34 minutes more, so I might as well say something meaningful before it's too late.
Early in my work life, when I was in advertising, I read an article that proposed that the appearance of Santa Claus that we all have come to know and believe with the Red Dress, the White beard and the works was actually created in the 1930s or 40s by Coca Cola advertising for the Christmas season that year, what with RED being the color of Coke. I was amused by the article at that time and thought it was interesting.
Today, even as I am sitting on my bed writing this at 7 minutes to midnight, I know that Santa will be here for sure tonight and my son will find his wish fulfilled when he wakes up tomorrow morning and looks in his stocking. And given the certainty that Santa will be here, I made sure I penned in my wish too on the wish list my son left under the tree.
"Dear Santa, give us a 2011 filled with pink health. Leave us in our stocking unbounded energy to work hard and help as many people as we can. Drink our white milk and leave us pure bliss for everything material we need, we already have."
I am going to sign off now as I need to be up at 4 AM and drive 2 hours to JFK to pick up our neighbours' mother in law who will arrive from India. Their one week old son is unwell and they will be tending to him in the ER of the Cooper Hospital in Philadelphia.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
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