Wednesday, December 13, 2023

A Question Of Scale

We just got back from KLCC. To our surprise the atrium in the centre is not dominated by the usual outsize Xmas tree this year. In its place there's a sort of mini-Xmas village with quite a few small trees - affording some nice photo-ops for the kiddies. Not unpleasant and suitably seasonal, without going over the top.

The ginormous tree turned out to still be around, however. It's now situated outside, in front of the musical fountains. But it doesn't seem quite so intimidating in the open air. Unfortunately though, when we popped out for a quick look they were blasting out the song Memories, from Cats, at a volume that would have no doubt frightened away the most fearless of felines.

Why do things need to be so big and loud? I remember when Christmases were on the human scale, and very pleasant they were. How did they get so overly-inflated? Even in the Far East?

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