thoughts after christmas

And now it´s time for a short commercial break, it´s called Christmas. Same same every year. Same thoughts, same opinions, same results. For the passed years we have all heard our beloved close ones say, "let´s not buy so much stuff this year, NO gifts for me please, I am fine with just being." Yeah ..sure..... does it happen??? Of course not. It´s like we have this subconcious behavior where we just have to do what is expected of us at Christmas time. And what is expected is to give gifts to each-other. Regardless. if they cost you 2 dollars or 200. It´s a global scam. I won´t even waste your time sharing more of my thought on this matter. You get it! All I say is...we gotta end this madness. I´m not only talking Christmas....but this over all consumption reality we live in. It has it´s peak in December, and then the rest of the year it´s fairly stabil. Highly Stabil. I have a memory to share with you. You see, I´m not totally an Anti-Christmas person. I like spending time with my family (regardless of santa or not) I like long dinners with fantastic food and conversation. I like playing games (Pictionary is on top of the list) and I like the singing and playing. But I could be without the part when Santa comes.First of all....the kids all know he is a fake. In my family the grown-ups have tried to convince the kids that he is for real, and every year, depending on who has been forced to be Santa, they have all figured it out. And what happens?? We lie......saying " nooooo, it´s not daddy...it´s Santa....." haha, like they would buy it. This years comment was fab. Bastian, 5 years old, tells the rest of the kids to come to the bedroom where the Santa dress was hidden. He says: Look, the grown-ups have already prepared to play the Santa Game"  Wonderful!! So this year became the first year with a 5 year old Santa:)  When I was young we had a deal in the family. Everything that we gave to each-other for Christmas had to be made by hand, by ourselves. so basically I started preparing, with great love, already in march. I knitted scarves and made things in school, paintings and jewelry and everything I could think of. I will re-introduce this idea next year. It´s much more fun to get something hand and man made. Something you have been preparing and put your love into. Not only buying small things you don´t really care for. 

AAhhhhh, enough of this..... you get my drift!!

Now back to the music..........first week of January we´re back into the studio, can´t wait......

and, Happy New Year to you all!!! I will spend New Years in Sweden, but honestly, I wish I was in Brasil. I will create my own ceremony again...walking down to the ocean dressed in white, to give a flower to the Goddess of Water. I just got to know, by the way, that Meja in arabic means "Water, the bringer of life" Am I proud or what???:)