you want to hear of an irony? or of a cheesy thing... course you do.
the western influence is very very strong. its amazing. so now its the Christmas season. which in much of North America means snow and cold and stuff like that. so here we are in SA in BLAZING heat, since its mid-summer, and STILL they will haul out the santa suits... and some poor man has to prance around in a hot red suit, complete with fake white beard, in the heat and sun. along with this are the adverts all over the place... boasting "snow" and holly like its winter.
along with all this are the Christmas lights that some people put up... its actually really depressing. i havent sighted any fake snow yet, but if i do, dont worry, i shall tell you.
now to complete this set of... ironies or cheesy things, the radio...;)
every now and then they get festive and play a Christmas song or two... now there is a station called "Jackaranda... lifes greatest hits" (they play lots of lame songs...:D) and this station plays everywhere. so gordon, dad and morgy stop at a petrol (aka gas) station to fill up our car's tank. and what do they hear? what song is tickling their ears? none but our all time favourite "let is snow" yes yes, the weather outside is so hot its frightful, but i doubt anyone will find a fire burning in their fireplace very delightful right now... but what can i say? let it snow? if that doesnt strike your funny bone... i dont know...:D
or shall i say, we africans should give up on trying to have the "all american" Christmas complete with snow, and just make up our own cool traditions. that sounds great to me.
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That's really funny! Maybe I'll be experiencing the same thing in Tassie, where the seasons are opposite. Course, we haven't had any snow in Jersey yet either...
Please don't talk about snow... It's a sensitive spot for me and other snowboarders/snow lovers in G.R. Apparently we have not been deemed worthy of the stuff. It's still up in the air (forgive the pun) whether we'll get any for Christmas. Funny post nonetheless. I once saw a Phillipine version of Santa in the National Geographic- He had the hat, the beard, but he had elected to wear a red loincloth in place of the suit. Perhaps this could be a solution for SA Santas...
This is funny!!!!!! the irony kills me!!!!!! let snow? more like "let a sandstorm birst forth"
well, at least u dont like snow, so u r lucky i guess
SWEET
man that would be crazily ironic
sounds pretty hilarious... you're probably, like, suffering from heat stroke then you hear a song about "let it snow"
that hits me as really WAY FUNNY
p.s. lol
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