And Christmas Nears...

 A mere eight more days.

Christmas music is everywhere and most days I tend to have one of the classic songs looping in my head. Be it Wham!'s Last Christmas  or Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas. The other day I asked Bob if he had one of those stuck in his head and he mentioned Boney M.. What can you do.

Isn't it the same each year? At first we think that Christmas is still eons away and all of a sudden it is mere days away. We all know how quickly a week can flit by and I fear it will be the same with this week. Most of us are still unsure how and where we will be spending the day because this darn new Omicron strain seems to have put paid to most of our plans.

 They had announced another anti-corona demo was to take place in Vienna on Sunday ( honestly, do people really think that thousands upon thousands of closely pack people won't in some way prolong the corona measures they are marching against? ) but thankfully business and commerce have put a veto in. 

This Sunday businesses across Austria are allowed to trade but only because we've just had a three week lockdown. A trading Sunday before Christmas could really help fill up the coffers a bit and help pay off losses incurred. Well, imagine what would have happened if Vienna would have been brought to a standstill yet again due to a stupid demo?   Who would even attempt a shop when evading angry mobs is a part of it? Thankfully the demo is only allowed to start at 6 p.m. this Sunday.

Once we get to the 24th, a week of relaxing and rest awaits for most except of course the essential workers that keep a country going. Somehow I hope that this week of rest will pull those doubters back to their rational inner center and that the split among society over corona will heal again. Together we are all stronger and like the new Chancellor keeps reminding us...the virus is the enemy and not those that have a different opinion to ours.

Biggi