Xmas in Buenos Aires: Possible or not?

It seems to come closer and closer: Christmas!

Well, we have about 30°C here right now, and NO snow. Every day you want to stay at home or to seek refuge from the heat in any shopping center where air-conditionings save your day.

If you didn’t have someone back home in Europe that reminds you of coming Xmas you would probably miss it. You barely find any Xmas decoration in stores or in streets, never mind in homes. There is the Avenida de Mayo where they installed some chains of lights, so did the Panamericano Hotel. The other day we had some lunch in a restaurant that was the big exception.  The put lots of stickers at the windows, green garlands everywhere in the inside and a Xmas tree with about 15 presents on the stairway. They put just a tiny decorated Xmas treen in the main hall of the buiding where my old shared apartment was. One day at the Carrefour supermarket I heard some hum in my ears going like this: Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way… and I was thinking: well, they’re not jingling loud enough ‘cos the cashier in front of me is almost falling asleep again; it was already getting dark outside! They installed a big Xmas tree on the square next to the obelisco trying to win the world competition in building the worst Xmas tree. It is a cone-shaped metal scaffolding slightly covered with some white garlands. And at night this tree turns into a disco-something blinking cracy from the inside.  

You’ll hardly find any commercial Xmas “junk”. Yesterday I had to rub my eyes ‘cos I couldn’t believe them when I passed a kiosk selling Xmas cards. Well, too late! They won’t get around the world in time anymore! I wonder what’s coming next… maybe Santa riding his donkey on 9 de Julio Avenue causing a traffic jam??

All this bickering shouldn’t bother me at all ‘cos it looks like I’ll “celebrate” Xmas alone this year. I should seize the opportunity with both hands having the kitchen for my own and cook and eat and eat all day and night long!

At least Europe and South America are not that far apart: the freezer just stand on the other side of the kitchen facing the oven!