If the ‘lighting up,’ the product display, and the various other attractions trotted out to ensure that this year’s Main Street Christmas Village offered a ‘lift’ of spirits from the emotional trough associated with the coronavirus pandemic, it appears to have worked. It did other things too. It made the point that almost two years into the pandemic, Guyanese have not lost the art of embracing Christmas, never mind the fact that they have had to endure an all-year rash of restrictions that derailed their accustomed way of existence and in many instances, sent some of us into deep depression.
It was always likely that once the event was given the ‘go ahead’ by the powers that be, the turnout would be huge and the collective ‘feel good’ would be intense to the point of being tangible.