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This year I had all international travel cancelled. My first instinct is, 'well if I can't go on holiday then Christmas can be cancelled too.' I know it sounds so bitter, but it's because the way I've been living my life, 100% depends on the airport being open to anyone apart from privileged millionaires. Being able to care for mum and still visit my hubby twice a year, was the only way to make this period of my life work.

So it's a year since I've seen him and possibly 6 months to go before flights resume. This year I will experience a normal Australian Christmas, when my loved one's overseas won't. Ultimately I just wish we all have freedom. Nothing material; materialism is why we are in this mess. Materialism is, 'certain people' thinking it's ok to cut down rainforests and putting live wild animals in a metal cage for days; sitting them in a walk in meat slaughterhouse, to repeatedly witness the "fresh" preparation of their exotic brothers and sisters. Sounds horrific, because it is horrific, and it's still happening. All to increase certain types of peoples social status. So once again I wish for freedom. Freedom for animals and freedom for possibly 1 billion barbaric social climbers, obsessed with "fresh" to come to their senses. No Christmas doesn't stop me forgetting the real issues.

Changing intensity, I want to remember a 'Christmas wish' I wanted as a child. It was to be living in one of the houses that backed onto the Drive in movie theatre. Literally all I wanted was to have a big screen, playing movies over the fence. It's this year that's brought this wish back from the dead, but I'd be happy with just my partner, big sofa, two cats and a projector. And what I love about this basic wish is it's going to be achieved.

Merry Christmas everyone and cheers to FREEDOM!
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