What might not exist except for Christmas? Giving Tuesday got me thinking of how we might be thankful for Christmas, despite the ongoing and relentless Christmas songs everywhere we go.
My guess is you would immediately volunteer: Christmas tree tinsel, candy canes, artificial Christmas trees, Christmas cards and string lights. But this is not very interesting or exciting. Not enough to inspire us to gratitude.
So we might turn to inventions that are entertaining:
The self-extinguishing Christmas tree - the fire-extinguisher is attached to a pipe and somehow knows when to eject the fire-retardant.
A smoke detection angel - alerts you the tree is in the process of being ruined by the fire.
A real Christmas tree watering system (disguised as a present)
Device for dispensing tinsel (in the shape of a gun)
A supporting actor award might go to this one:
Richard Drew developed one of the most useful and practical items ever invented while working at 3M in 1923: adhesive tape. As legend would have it, the tape fell off a car during a trial run and one frustrated worker told Drew to “take this tape back to those Scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it!” That was how the world’s first brand of transparent tape – a clever combination of oil, rubber and resins – came to be known as Scotch Tape.
And is there entertainment in what might the next Christmas inventions might look like?
A watch that determines if children are naughty or nice - Child wears "watch", parent wears "watch with behaviour app", parent observes child, parent taps app to award child points for good behaviour, updates child's watch to let them know their current performance level.
A cat receiver collar and wire loop antenna placed around the Christmas tree to dissuade cats from climbing the mountain to the star on top.
Santa drone - that seems imminent, even immediate.
Augmented reality family - pop on the AR glasses and loved ones from all corners of the globe appear around you.
This orchard tree on Greenlane is still with us, but the ancient trees are starting to fall - non-native tender fruit trees are not long-lived typically 40 years, compared to apples which can easily live over 50 years.
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