CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS DESPERATELY

Celebrations have become a vital part of our lives as people celebrate for all kinds of reasons. Once there is an interpretation connoting satisfaction and a financial calculation that shows some comfortable digits, why not? A party or an elaborate show of gratitude to God would not be out of place.

In a taxi during the week, I overheard two young men speaking one of our three major languages in a region where its not lingua franca, but thank God, yours sincerely is fluent in two or more Nigerian languages...they complained of how this year has not been such a great year for them and how they cannot go to the village without a car, without enough cash to show that they have done well within the year, one of them stated how his parents would be expecting him to bring one of his younger one over and business has been very bad...the complain kept rolling...

they even said, it is risky for one to go home these days with just sufficient cash, that you need extra, infact excess cash because you never can tell when subsidy would be yanked off and finally with a determined face, one said he has decided that " anyone who leaves his wallet carelessly may not find his pocket again, anyone who doesnt park well may not find his car anymore"...instead of celebrating a broke xmas, he would do whatever needs to be done within this short period. On hearing this, i quickly checked my wallet to be sure it was still on me.

Contrary to the real reason of the season,many people have turned it into a show of wealth, whether ill-gotten or not. This syndrome ripples into desperation among the non-capable ones who have also refused to cut their coat according to their cloth. They feel oppressed and become determined to go any length to become undepressed and become capable of rubbing shoulders with the supposed successful ones. Thus young men start stealing from people, young girls and ladies fall cheaper just to get paid after some sexual transactions among other shocking vices. All these would simply still pass as occurrences in the festive mood, it is allowed, it is a normal thing.                      

The society seems to have adopted show-off as a replacement to celebration of the birth of Christ. Please evaluate your knowledge and understanding of Christmas and be sure you are celebrating rightly and for the right reasons. Is Christmas a time to show how successful your year was and rob it deep on others? is it a time that people should take to crime just to meet up ?

What is Christmas to you ?

How should we go about the celebrations?

The floor is now open