Saturday, December 18, 2004

1 more week to Christmas!

this really is my favourite time of the year. haha despite d sure-become-broke part of d season [which isnt even tt bad cos its for a good reason. ;)], everything's great cos..
1) d reason that there even is Christmas
2) it IS d season of love
3) parties wif friends family n loved ones n presents heh =p
there. =D
anyway, almost done finish all my Christmas shopping! *phew* this year im gonna b on time. hehe.. oh yeah.. can't haf a Christmas partee this year tho.. d function room's fully booked.. =X so guess it'll haf to b nxt year. heh..
hmm. ever thought of why ppl hang mistletoe up? n why ppl kiss under a shrub? haha well i always thought it was really intriguing.. found a myth tt explain why...

the vikings believed that mistletoe had the power to raise humans from the dead, relating to the resurrection of balder, the god of the summer sun.
balder had a dream that he was going to die. his mother, frigga, the goddess of love and beauty, was frantic about his dream and said that if he died, everything on earth would die. so to ensure her son's safety, frigga went to all of the elements -- air, fire, water and earth, as well as to all of the animals and plants -- and asked them not to kill balder. in the same way a child would be heckled these days if his mother asked other kids not to pick on her child, balder was teased and had things thrown at him. it was thought that, because of his mother's power, he was immune to harm.
balder's only enemy, loki, found a loophole in frigga's request for her son's safety -- mistletoe. mistletoe grows on the tree it attaches itself to, and therefore has no roots of its own and could not be affected by frigga's request. loki made a poisoned dart with mistletoe, and tricked the blind brother of balder, hoder, into shooting the arrow that killed balder.
For 3 days, all the elements tried their hardest to bring balder back to life, but failed. finally, the tears that frigga cried for her dead son changed the red mistletoe berries to white, raising balder from the dead. frigga then reversed mistletoe's bad reputation, and kissed everyone who walked underneath it out of gratitude for getting her son back.

haha rather weird.. but oh well. never actually hang mistletoe up anywhere but its always mentioned in those Christmastime books tt i read. heh.

rows of angels in the snow
hugs and kisses by the mistletoe
sugar plum fairies everywhere
must be that time of year
stars tt shine on christmas trees
smoke tt curls on chimneys
red nosed reindeer taking flight
and choir singing 'oh Holy night'
another snowman with a button nose
presents all wrapped up in bows
friends n family knocking at the door
like every christmas that's come before
its the same old same old christmas eve
its the same old christmas day
its the same old same old christmas
but i like it, i like it tt way... =)
-=till later=-

DeBoRaH @ 6:32 PM

Comments: Post a Comment