Long way 2 go…

It’s still a long way to go…till Christmas, way over a month but knowing how time flies these days, it will be here in no time at all…and on my part, I’ve received those greeting cards for the festive seasons…

…in aid of the less fortunate and I’ve mailed them the cheque already in payment of those that they had sent me.

I have read somewhere also that the decorations are up in some towns and cities in the world and even right here in Sibu and they are starting to release the Christmas albums for the year too. One of them would be this one…

…by the a cappella group which includes that song from “Frozen”. If you’re not sick of it yet, I bet you would be if you have to put up with the neighbours’ kids singing it day in and day out…slightly out of tune. LOL!!!.

It is still too early to name my No. 1 Christmas song for the year but I quite like this one…

…by the winner of The Voice Australia 2013 though I was never all that fond of the Malaya Curry original with or without that Just-in kid. nor the one by the cast of Glee. Unfortunately, I don’t think the album will be available here though – you will have to get it at the departmental store in Australia that is producing it and releasing it for Christmas.

And talking about departmental stores, John Lewis in the UK has released their Christmas commercial for the year…

…and it is so meaningful, so touching that I would unashamedly admit that it took quite a bit of effort on my part to hold back the tears in my eyes. This has got to be my favourite for the year, anytime better than this one or this one, for instance…or this one featuring David & Victoria’s boy – I don’t think there will be any other that will be as nice. Do click the link and watch the video clip…and tell me whether it moves you as much or not.

Their commercial last year was very good too, very meaningful as well. It touched on the joy of friendship and in giving and receiving…while this year, the theme is love. After all, Christmas IS love and what is Christmas if not shared with one’s loved ones…or when one does not have a loved one to share it with? I don’t know how many times I’ve clicked the link to watch the video clip and each time, I love it all the more. I read somewhere that the ad cost £7 million to produce and in fact, Monty the Penguin was animated. Holy cow! I could have sworn it was a real penguin!!!

Going back to the topic of songs, they are saying that the song featured in the commercial – Tom Odell’s cover of John Lennon’s “Real Love” (revived by The Beatles for their 1995 Anthology collection) may just end up as this year’s Christmas No. 1 in the UK. Well, I do think it is very nice though not quite a Christmas song…and actually, I don’t recall any that I liked last year – the last one that I thought was very nice was this one by Christina Perri, two years ago in 2012. Hopefully, there will be something as sweet and beautiful coming out in the days to come…