Many know that I have issues with the holidays. I do not consider myself a Christian, and I battle anxiety, so from Thanksgiving forward the weighty press of prompts to be cheerful and giving and set all activities around a holiday celebrating the birth of one religion's main protagonist is really hard for me.
However, I will reveal a little secret that you can use if you absolutely need to get me in the holiday spirit immediately. Play Band-Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" When those deep bells start to chime against that effects-heavy drum, I stop and smile widely, my head tilting upwards (waiting, no doubt for a kiss from Simon Le Bon). In two lines, Boy George reminds us that could have been remembered as a great soul singer and not a picker-upper of roadside trash (the same goes for George Michael). Bananarama's uber-slouchy sweatshirts stand against the short skirts and booby tops that they would have to have sported today. And my favorite part is when Bono practically elbows his way in between Sting and Simon Le Bon to sing his line.
As you may know, the whole project was an attempt to raise money for starving children in Ethiopia, and despite the problems associated with this project, I count it as truly the beginning of the idea that service to others was an integral part of people's lives.
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