Christmas Time is here again
I know we tend to complain about the hype, the energy and the unchecked spending as a run up to Christmas and the festive season. But what the heck… Christmas way back then… Everybody works their fingers to the bone the entire year. There are many of our compatriots barely earning enough to put food on the table, but they will participate in savings clubs at their workplaces so that they have holiday cash. My mom used to work in a factory when I was still at university and I can recall how on Fridays, even she would be paying some cash to Jeanette for “ Revierra” hampers and some cash to Mr Geduldt, I think, towards stamp money for the grocery hampers. Then, there were the Bashews assorted cooldrinks that always travelled on a lorry from house to house. At Christmas time, my dad would order 6 cases and we would indulge in these fizzy drinks with abandon. Then, when Christmas is a few days away, the same frenzy as today would prevail. We would go to Wynberg main road and coll