2011 was a rough, rough year for
most of us. Christmas time has finally come and everyone is trying to embrace
the festive spirit and plan to have a good time.
Many things have made this year disappointing but the most essential one for me is the chaos occurring in Syria, my country of
origin. It kills me seeing that all these patriots of mine are getting killed,
their children taken away and their houses falling apart. It is unfair and I
would want to see it stop because this conflict is turning into a civil war.
Syria is a beautiful country with a large history and its citizens should be
alive and healthy in the year to come to see it rise again with the help of its
historical sites and loveable people. Thus, at night, after your scheduled trip
around the chimneys of the world, please spend some more time in Syria for
spreading some common sense into the local political leaders; make this one
person provoking all of it fly far away.
The second thing I would want to
see change is all of the Greek government. Really, I don’t understand how corrupt
can a European country be. Nothing is right. Greece could be the world’s number
one destination for all kinds of tourists: rich or poor, young or old, party
animals or couples. Unfortunately, this country’s assets are not being put forward
by the relevant people. At the point where we are today, I am afraid the wait for
a better life is going to be very, very long. The funny thing is that all of
the young generation says the same thing: “we should be more aware, spend less,
save more, care more, work, reconsider our priorities etc.” but in practice,
most of them are still lazy, scared to take responsibilities and comfortably
seated in Business class, traveling towards bankruptcy. Santa, this country has
adopted me, taught me how to live and socially exist; don’t let the 300 parliament
losers drown it along with their self esteem.
Another thing I would want to see
not disappear per se, but at least have less impact on some people’s lives: Facebook.
It is a problem and a sin in itself. I have an account, you have an account (I
can’t find it but I am sure it is there somewhere) but we all hate it; yet, we can’t
seem to get away from it. I have had lots of shocks since the creation of facebook
but learned to live with it and moreover, mock the blocks, the likes, the unlikes,
the requests and all this jargon people mention in conversations (e.g.: Oh-my-God, he blocked me but then he
sent a friend request to his ex he had deleted last year who added him back and
even liked his picture and now their status is “in a relationship”!). Get over it, shit happens. Even so, let
me say this: Dear Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, despite the fact that you are a Jewish,
redhead and awkward, you happen to be a genius, a billionaire and an “ex - nothing”
who has managed to change a whole planet’s routine. Please marry me.
Oh Santa, if only you knew how irritated
I am not only on a large scale perspective but also in my every day interaction
with people. The past year, I have noticed more hypocrisy, selfishness and lies
around me than never before. I believe that mankind has reached a point where
it became God’s major disappointment. Every one lives for themselves and
altruism has become an endangered term. I wish we could all give a little bit
more, even if it is a simple smile or just an innocent advice. Let me be a
little bit more specific (please consider my age and sex):
- Friends lie to each other because
of a conflict of interest (e.g.: An ex friend talked trash behind my back so I
stopped talking to her; she is throwing a party; my best friend went and never
told me).
- Friends (badly) lie about how
good and happy they are in the hope of believing it themselves
- Men lie because they are cowards,
insecure and can’t embrace the idea of having a perfectly good relationship
with a woman: They have to mess it up somehow.
- Women, especially those married
to wealthy men are getting into depression and put themselves in a miserable position
for no reason at all leading them to cheat on a good husband.
- Husbands, wives, fiancées, fiancés,
girlfriends, boyfriends: they all cheat more and seek for sexual satisfaction
elsewhere than in the bed of their (supposedly) loved ones (The number of
marriages that took place in the EU in 2009 was around 2.3 million, while
around 1.0 million divorces recorded in 2010, according to Eurostat).
- Women going out are more slutty
(yet, attractive) than ever trying to impress and act like they own it when in real
life it is not the persona they should be attributed with.
- All of us acting enthusiastic
when we bump into a random acquaintance while doing our Christmas shopping and emphasizing
on how necessary it is to go for coffee and share each other’s news when in
reality, we had forgotten this person still existed.
- Childhood friends who after becoming successful business partners stabbing each others’ backs for money.
These are few
of the things that bother me in a small - scale perspective and that I would
love to see change in the next year to come or at least make them less obvious.
Santa, I know it’s been a long
letter and loads of complex requests that you will have to spend a lot of time
on but I have a final one: I would like to find a generous man and establish a
healthy relationship that will have more joy than sadness, more affection than
jealousy and more laughs than fights. I am not looking for “Lord Perfect” but rather,
I someone who respects me and who has an idea about where I come from and where
I am going. It may not be my future husband, but at least, I would know that
there are some men out there that have self esteem and that have heard of the
word “honesty”.
If you have time, please find
such a man for all of my single girlfriends because they all deserve someone
good that can make them wake up in the morning with a big smile on their face.
On what concerns my single male
friends, I see them very happy with celibacy and would not include them in my
Santa Claus letter.
Thank you Santa for the time you
took in reading and processing the elements of my letter. I also have a list
with material goods that you can procure from the Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Bloomingdales
in New York and Harrods’ in London
(at your own convenience).
Give my regards to the elves, the
reindeers and of course Mrs. Claus.
Best Regards,
Tamara.
