Cake, Santa And Animal Rights

Merry Christmas, folks!

Here's a little treat for you:

A Christmas Cake!

Thanks to my sister's photography, it hardly looks like a cake. She took the photo from the displayed cakes of a bakery at our place. Yes, that's right. We didn't buy that cake and we never do.
Every year for Christmas, mom's best friend Rose auntie buys us a cake :)
But now she retired from work, has terrible leg pain and she hardly goes out for shopping. So I get the honour of choosing her cake for our family (and she later pays for it)
Today, after class I went to my fav bakery and ordered a cake. They packed it before I could see the icing. But that wasn't an issue. I could go home, look at the cake as long as I wish to, and even upload a photo of it in the blog.
I reached home, took a bath and with much expectations came to the dining room to admire the beauty of the cake I bought today. What I found was just one slice of cake they left for me :(
I fumed with rage and shouted at everyone at home. Protested to have the piece of cake they left for me.
Yes... I know it was a foolish thing to do, and realized the mistake within seconds... But expectations can be devastating and they can make us do the most stupid thing! :/

One moment I was thinking about the cake I'll never eat because of my unwanted pride. The next moment I found myself trying hard to remember some Xmas carols I learned at school. Then again, the thought was about Santa's reindeers.
Did you know that Santa's reindeers had names? Of course I did and know it by heart too ;)

The association of Santa Claus and reindeers were popularised with 2 songs.
The first one is the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" where Santa is said to have 8 reindeers. Their names are given below. There may be slight variations in spelling, but this is what I learned at school:

The other is a carol "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" where Santa is said to have a single reindeer. The legend goes like this: Rudolph, was different from all others in that he had a red nose. All the others made fun of him and isolated him (Great people are different from others; applicable to reindeers too).One Xmas eve Santa came and asked him if he could ride Santa's sleigh. From that day on everyone started respecting Rudolph!
I'm glad that he finally got accepted! :)

Santa may be a great man. He comes every Christmas and spreading love and joy, rewarding good kids with gifts. But looking from another perspective he can be a very bad man himself. Santa rides around the world in a sleigh PULLED BY REINDEERS! Isn't that something cruel, considering his reputation? It's obvious from the available photographs on Google, that he is an obese person. Just imagine, 8 reindeers (or even worse, just one poor little reindeer Rudolph) carrying his 150+ Kg body and the infinite number of gifts he carries around! Man, that's pathetic :(
Where's maneka Gandhi? Where's PETA? Where are the other Animal-Welfare organizations? :P

Let's hope that these poor creatures get justice by next Christmas. :P

Okay.

So how was 21-12-12? Yes, I know... I'm alive too! :/
That day, a friend's tweet read:

Look at the sky for God's LAST MESSAGE.

and a photo attached to it. Loved that photo; it brought back so many sweet memories of childhood.I'm ending this post with the same photo............