Being alone at Christmas......doesn't have to be a bad thing

 Here we are, Christmas time approaching again but with a completely different spin this year, we will have to spend it by ourselves, not by choice but by "governmental mandate". And to add insult to injury the government has also decided to forbid New Year's fireworks. This one has nothing to do with Corona. The anti-fireworks lobby was already working in the shadows since years and Corona creates the perfect condition to push through a very unpopular choice. 

Already vexed by an increasingly long list of necessary prohibitions, this last very unnecessary prohibition totally stirs the insubordinate in me, a bit like Christiane F. and the kids of Zoo Station.

Differently from the exasperated Berliner kids I am not pushing myself to alcohol and drugs but I have compiled the not yet exhaustive below list of Christmas fundamentalist plans 

• Send cheesy Christmas cards with the Simons family in front of the Christmas tree
• Prepare proper (made one month in advance) Christmas pudding, to set on flame on Christmas Eve
• Source (very difficult) and prepare (I can definitely take on the challenge) strictly traditional Neapolitan Christmas dinner, without the help of my parents
• Extend the presepe to gigantic proportions

I will of course keep you informed on how these plans unfold, I can already tell you that the international sourcing for ingredients has already started through official and unofficial channels. 

On the Christmas cards front I am still pondering whether having the picture taken with plain clothes or with outrageous reindeer jumpers but I still have time since the Christmas tree will not be up till we are done with the Sinterklaas business.

As you can see I am moving full steam ahead, so stay tuned