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| Christmas in Australia is quite unlike that of the northern hemisphere. |
The latter is based on unassailable evidence, the former, on
a myth.
Yes, both are things
that we have created.
Christmas has evolved from superstition and fanciful
thinking to become a myth that has been enthusiastically embraced by many people
who place great stock in the emotional warmth and security provided by such
beliefs.
Our consumerist, profit driven, economic growth at any costs
society has purloined the idea of gifts from the three wise men for the
mythical baby-Jesus, to create an annual institution of the idea of
gift-giving.
Climate change has many causes, among them our profligate use of energy and our extractive practices; both of which worsen climate change.
Personally, the annual reaffirmation of positive human values
that surrounds Christmas is welcome, but it saddens
me to see them fade as our brutal market-driven
economy forces its way back onto centre
stage (although the consumerism of Christmas suggests it had never been off stage), bringing with it a return to our behaviours that are diametrically
opposed to mitigating the causes of climate
change.
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