Real-life Grinches and faulty rides: an inside look at Hyde Park’s “Winter Wonderland”
- Jillian A. Keith
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min read
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas” - Calvin Coolidge
Photography by Jillian Keith
Large, bright white lights dull your senses. Faint sounds of blunt blades cutting through ice attack your overwhelmed ears along with other noises.
Screams of children. Children who have the harsh, cold wind whipping over their warm, goose-bump ridden bodies. Children jam-packed in one is four flame painted cars while being thrown 128 miles per hour through a glowing yellow hoop.
Screams of joy. Cries of babies. Babies who are finally viewing the lights. A rainbow of vibrant colours. The aroma in the air hits you like a truck. Suddenly you surround yourself with pastel yellow, orange, and red carts selling sausages. Charcoaled chestnuts in smokey birch wood carts. Crepes with bananas and hazelnut spreads in pine garland lined displays.
Photography by Jillian Keith
Despite all of this joy, to my left is a bunch of grinches. Not even an arm’s length away from me stand four older women by a set of four trash bins. On every woman’s face is a look of pure hatred. Disgust.
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