Description
Shopping Mall Nativity 4: Enticed inside Christmas
Reflection accompanying image “enticed inside Christmas”
So near and yet so far; so close and yet so distant: this vibrant Christmas signage may entice shoppers to enter the store, but once inside its extravagant promise will remain unfulfilled. 'EVERYTHING you could wish for' is such a bold and confident claim to make, let alone when
combined with the promise of a substantial discount and free delivery. No need even to carry anything home. Here is a shoppers dream delivered in the seasonal colours of Advent. Who could possibly resist?
Yet with a little amendment these signs ought to lead everyone right away from the doors of the department store and in the direction of the nearest church.
See also:
'Shopping Mall Nativity 1: Sitting down in Bethlehem'
'Shopping Mall Nativity 2: Menkind - If only'
'Shopping Mall Nativity 3: Annunciating the Magnificat'