as a kid, there are always going to be things you just intriniscally don't understand. I figured out some things that I never understood. I will start with the Christmas based things:
"Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin". Well, this was a pure case of not knowing what 'kin' was and I always sung "king". I had this image of people spending Christmas with their own private king. I guess he'd get the head of the table at dinner and then have to sit awkwardly over on the armchair in the corner of the room the rest of the time. I mean he's only having one day off work from ruling the country to spend Christmas with you. It's not like he knows where the dishes are kept or how to make himself helpful.
The ghost of Christmas present. I always thought it was the ghost of Christmas presents. He was always my favourite one because he represented my favourite part of Christmas: gifts. It isn't helped by the way they always show him turning up surrounded by bounty, all that food and wheat and suchlike. He was like a chrisco hamper who was friendly and merry and exciting.
How the TV worked. I guess I knew there weren't *really* little people in the tv but I never had a better explanation. I eventually figured out that it was little ghost projections of people that you could only see when they stood inside the tv. I imagined a long line of invisible teeny people just waiting in my lounge for their turn to go into the magic box.
Hmmm. That's all I can think of for now. Have you got anything you just didn't get as a kid?
Posted by jenni at December 22, 2005 11:25 AM