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Christmas in Barbados today is quite a bit different from in the days of my childhood.I guess as with most things today it is very commercial.The banks offering loans to go,new credit card offers arriving in the mail and all the trappings of a business driven lifestyle.

No more horse carts or donkey carts,no traditional Christmas carols or very few of them.No children running around and playing as in days of yore but as things improve things will change and you get the good with the bad.Barbados is still Barbados and I suspect that we are still Bajans so I know how Christmas will be for most this year.Eating,drinking,shopping and forgetting.......

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