As the holidays quickly approach I am reminded of the holiday season I spent in Italy. Most of the homes and apartments in the region I stayed did not have the amenity of a fireplace. I thought to myself,"How do Italian children think Santa gets inside if not by descending through a chimney?"
and I got my answer. Their Santa Claus wasn't a big fat jolly man in a red suit. He was a felon. Meet Interloper Santa.
This Santa Claus shimmy's up the drain pipe and climbs in your window on Christmas Eve.
What a superb thing to tell children. Now, when a 7 year old Italian girl sees a man climb in her window in December she'll just say "Mama, mama! è Santa! Santa Claus è venuto!" and then they'll all be shot and killed while "santa" walks out with their new flat screen tv.
Similarly, how do Europeans know when to start selling the holiday products or when to start decorating. Without Thanksgiving as a mile-marker in their calendar, do they have a Black Friday or a Cyber Monday??? Or are store aisles filled with red and green by the end of August?
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