Merry Christmas, really?

Merry and Christmas are two words joined at the hip and can’t sound well if they’re separated. Yet, with what’s going on in today’s world, it’s hard to say “Merry Christmas” with keeping a straight face and believing that we mean what we say.

The world, in fact, is a state of chaos and disarray with wars raging in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine and people being torn apart because of demented heads of state. We, the rest of the world, seem to be - for the most part, at least - reasonably well-behaved while a handful of crazies are advancing insane agendas that wreak havoc on the planet. 

So how can the world population tolerate that when a majority of nations are part of the so-called democratic community? We may have lost the sense of outrage or revolt and are now ready to accept the unacceptable for the sake of our own comfort and tranquility. 

Unless we get more interested about what goes on with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Sounds pretty pathetic to me! So in spite of our own numbness and lack of resolve, I wish all of my reaéders a Merry Christmas, at least within the confines of their homes, family and friends. 

We’ll have to forget the suffering of the rest of the world, because we seem and we are in fact, incapable of doing better than that!