Might This Christmas Herald A Return To Sanity?

  The supply problems of developed nations bites into wish-lists.

Imagine the drama....less useless toys under the tree this year! Quelle horror for le kids! What else are they going to focus on for those few days when a new toy is interesting, before it gets put aside, never to be played with again?

News segments are already lamenting the fact that supply problems are going to happen for this festive season. Toys won't be so easily available ( I sense a price increase ) and should you be so silly as to want to purchase the latest smartphones for your offspring, those too might not be available. Imaging having to make do with a smartphone that's a year or two old? Yip, tough times ahead for your young'ns...Why not ban smartphones usage in families over the festive period? Rather spend time together playing Monopoly and co.

Wouldn't it be a great thing if for a change Christmas gifts are less in number but of more quality. Perhaps even more time spent as a family? Already most households are burdened with drawers, boxes and shelves full of toys and stuff which is never used. Gathering dust, taking up space and what is worse, having used up precious natural commodities for a few days or weeks of usage at most. Is it any wonder the world is in the environmental state it is in?

It is high time for this need to have a gazillion presents under Christmas trees to change. Never mind chopping down a fir tree for a three week display. We have lost sight of the forest for the trees.

There are so many second hand shops the world over where one can find good quality toys at reasonable prices and more importantly, prolong their live, for which so many commodities had to be used. Let's return to the good old days, days where Christmas was a chance to be with family, eat delicious food and perhaps sport a new coat, knitted jersey or pair of shoes...

Biggi