Me & Mr. Clause

Ah Christmas, it’s almost here, again. This year’s gone by so fast that some of its memories feel as though they’re much older.

When I was a little boy I used to love Christmas more than my birthday. I was an ardent believer of Santa Clause and I used to write him a letter every year and post it too. The one year, I remember seeing that my gifts under the Christmas tree were wrapped in the same paper my aunt had brought home earlier that evening. But even after that, I continued to believe and I continued to write to him. Every year the gift I would ask for got a little less expensive but a little harder to acquire. I’d moved above asking for material things and I’d started asking him for things relating to my family and friends.

Then one year, I stopped writing. But it was more than me putting my pen down. I stopped believing. I don’t really remember why but all I know is that Christmas started becoming less magical, less loving and less anticipatory. I know that a lot of people will say it’s because we’ve made the season so commercial now and therefore the magic of it is gone. But the truth is that Christmas has always been commercial. So why have we only recently started to use it as an excuse to stop celebrating?

Been thinking about this a lot and the more I think the more I want this Christmas to be special and I have this feeling it will be. I don’t know if it’s because the weather is suddenly cooler or because we’ve started doing Christmas communication for most of our clients… but I do know that there’s something different about this year. I feel like a kid again, I feel like I can believe again and I really, really want to. 

Call me crazy but I’m going to write to Santa again this Christmas and I’m going to ask him for what I want. Hope he remembers me and hope he forgives me for having stayed away for so long.