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Christmas Traditions
Christmas is very traditional. But there are many different traditions around. Let us look at the world with a few examples: Germany: St Nicholas Day is a favorite holiday with German children. On the night of December 5, children clean and polish their boots and leave them outside the door before going to sleep. Next morning, they find their shoes filled with nuts, candy, and small gifts from St Nicholas. No candy in the stocking at the fireplace!. (source: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/15-christmas-traditions-only-germans-will-understand/) France: Postcards from Père Noël Letters from French kids to Father Christmas don’t just disappear into dustbins or drawers in France. Since 1962, France has had a law that stipulates any letter to Santa must be responded to in the form of a postcard. The law has no doubt helped boost the myth of Santa Claus among French kids, although it’s doubtful the postmen themselves appreciate all the extra work. (source: https://alpinefrenchschool.com/blog/ some-french-christmas-traditions/)
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China: In China, Christmas has not always been a publicly celebrated religious holiday. However, as China becomes more global, it has started to welcome a commercialized version of Christmas, known as “Sheng Dan Jieh” or the “Holy Birth Festival,” One of the most popular Chinese Christmas traditions is to hang beautiful paper lanterns indoors, outdoors, and strung around the plastic Christmas tree, which is called “Tree of Light”. (source: https://christmas.lovetoknow.com/chinese-christmas-traditions)
Ethiopia: Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in Africa. It still follows the ancient Julian calendar, so Ethiopians celebrate Christmas on January 7. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s celebration of Christ’s birth is called Ganna. The day before Ganna, people fast all day. The next morning at dawn, everyone dresses in white. Most Ethiopians don a traditional shamma, a thin, white cotton wrap with brightly colored stripes across the ends. The shamma is worn somewhat like a toga.
Twelve days after Ganna, on January 19, Ethiopians begin the three-day celebration called Timkat, which commemorates the baptism of Christ. (Source: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-christmas/christmas-traditions-around-the-world-ga4.htm) It is not just 25 December and over and done with!
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2021 Predictions
How will 2021 look? What do we predict? Let us squint at the tea leaves or the crystal ball – or use our brains.
Covid-19 has to get controlled. The only thing that will control it is a vaccine. Is that a possibility? If we look at vaccine developments it might be ready in April or May 2021. Masks and social distancing will limit the spread but is not a cure.
The wrecking of global economy has to be countered and now we are also talking the US economy.
US economy: Let us predict that Biden gets the Covid infection rate down. That is a fair bet. The US consumer market must get stepped up. The world economy does rely on the US consumers buying ‘things’ and with the un-eployment numbers rising that will not come through rapidly. We predict that the will be a return to near-normal US spending in a June/July time frame.
Brexit: We predict that it will end up in a no-deal scenario. Here is something absolutely ‘left-field’:
When the realities start to set in, there will be a pressure on for Scottish independence. I predict that the calls will not trigger another referendum – at least not in 2021.
I do predict that there will be another election in the UK. I predict that Boris will get re-elected but with a very slim margin OR we will see a change of government. The problem is that Labour does not (yet) have any credible candidate or programme for that matter; hence even a total rejection of Brexit might not trigger another Brexit election.
Climate change: The world will get back to a meaningful approach to climate change as US is back on the Paris agreement. The programmes will be far more comprehensive as just ½ degree adjustment might get into a minimum of 2 degrees (which is needed).
We see a focus on clean and sustainable energy production. That will be enforced by the banks and international lenders (World Bank etc). No credit or loans for polluting energy!
And now to something completely different: Mumbai Indians will win the IPL in 2021. Kaizer Chiefs will come back (not so sure on that!), Real Madrid will be UEFA winners and we will have more holidays (LOL).
… and I do not dare to predict anything in South Africa!
