Douala : Christmas Fever around the Corner

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Business around christmas gadets sell like hot cake as people prepare towards the feast of Nativity.

It near December 25th again and the economic capital is beating to the rythm of Christmas once more. The chrismas fever can be felt everywhere in Douala with people putting small red hats sepcially desined for Christmas or an artificial crown of thorns in allusion to the cruxifixion.

Markets are awash with toys for children ranging from miniaturised cars to dolls with the introduction of coloured baby dolls. Bars and other drinking spots have also taken a facelift with either a fresh coat of paint or multi-coloured twinking lights hund around the vicinity.

The City Council is is not left putting up special christmas lights around the major junctions of the Douala metropolis but also cleaning up the town towatds the feast of nativity.

Given the rise in business activities, there has also been a consequent rise of banditry. Hardly a day goes by without one getting stories of people who had been deprived of the precious earnings in markets. Women mostly fall prey to these men of the underworld. There has also been an increase in mobility in and out of the town given the affluence that can be found around travelling agencies ad the increase in traffic jams witnessed within the city.

Given the increase in demand, the prices of basic foodtuffs and other essential commodities have also soured high in the markets as people stock their houses in preparation for Christmas. The most highly priced foodstuffs now income yams, plantains ; rice and the cherished commodities are are oil, fish chicken, pork and meat which all have witnessed an increase in prices.

The preparations for christmas is going on in the virtual world as the social media is awash with messages and stories about Christmas and some take delight to conceive commedies about the feast. A case in point is a post of a cock patroling with a gun ; waiting for anyone who will attempt to eat it this Christmas.

There are other messages advises boys on how to avoid being dubed by girls during this festive period whereas other send out provocative messages promising to break up relationships especially with boys coming in from europe,commonly refeered to as ‘bushfallers’. The heat is in the crescendo and the climax shall be on December 25 with celebrations proper.