Oh, I wish I could write a Christmas Carol...
Today I went to the library & crafts store and got everything I need to create the DIY Advent Calendar, will post some pictures soon... but the real lesson was the drive... a long pathfinder type of drive along the streets packed with Christmas shopping wishes
As some of you may know, I have the honour of being part of a Woman's Anthology of Tales called Escritura Magica, which has tales from 29 woman authors, it is a blessing to be part of it. And being part of it means we have to promote the book, today's promotion was about reading some tales in a large bookstore in Alajuela, a province in Costa Rica where the Airport is located... so it was a long long drive... REPEAT... it was a looong drive
No one likes to be stuck in traffic, I personally think that it is because its a reminder of being stuck in life, but that's a whole different post, back to my car... I decided to practice kindness to myself in the car by listening to whatever I wanted in youtube.com. I often do this... I listen to Portuguese classes, motivational videos, study the faeries, angels, listen to updates about the new data protection rules, contract drafting techniques, the news, well basically anything... but I confess I usually restrict myself to a "useful" or "time saving" videos... BUT today I just searched and listened to all I wanted from the Spice Girs to Bruce Springsteen... until I remembered what I really wanted to listen was a Carols' playlist... so I did, I sang, I laughed I enjoyed Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and Sinatra singing along Mariah Carey and Elvis
Some of my favourites...
While singing I started thinking about all these great artists that have used their skills to embody the Holiday's Cheers and teach a lesson. Like when Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, I LOVE the many and more versions of this book, the first time I visited London in December, my #1 tourist visit was to the Charles Dickens Museum where I bought a nice vintage-looking copy which is now on my desk, it always likes to come out of the bookshelf around Christmas.
And what about The Nutcracker two-act ballet, it was brilliant of Ruskies Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov to use Alexandre Dumas' story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King to "ballet shoes" to Tchaikovsky's immortal music.
WE CAN ALL SPREAD HOLIDAY SHEERS ANYWAY WE WANT
... as long as we follow our heart!
My mom spreads the oy with her "portal", a very popular Latin American and Costa Rica custom during Christmas, which is a nativity scene constructed of figurines representing the birth of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the three wise men, the ox and mule and shepherds. San Francis of Assisi is credited with creating the first nativity scene.
The local church spreads the joy with the "posadas", which take place during the nine days before Christmas. Originated in Spain and Mexico, the “posada” consists of a group of children and neighbours getting together at a different neighbour’s house each day to act out the pilgrimage of Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, looking for a place to stay where Jesus could be born. This is accompanied by Christmas carols and prayers, and candies for the children at the end.
What talent do you have? I am still searching for mine... For now, I will start with the Advent Calendar and letting people laugh and pretend they are not looking at me while I sing at the top of my lungs in the car... I am still keeping the windows closed... but who knows maybe tomorrow I will open them and let Santa Claus come to town...
Con amor,
Paola
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