Reindeer robot trusted by Santa Claus

When I was a child, I would go to see the air cushion under the Christmas tree at all costs. Back to the Future Part II was released at 1989 (I was only 6 years old at that time). This film promises children like me that by 20 15 years, they will have a world with air-cushioned boards and ubiquitous products. I even get emails from people occasionally, and they will ask me if the air cushion board is real. These people vaguely remember watching a short film about making btf2 when they were young, which contained a joke about air cushion board directed by Robert Zemeckis. Ze Mikis said with a smile that the air cushion board is real, but the child safety organization won't let them into the store. I sent that link, which broke the hearts of many readers.

Alas, the air cushion board is still unreal (at least not what bttf imagined) and has never been seen under the Christmas tree. However, in the second half of the 20th century, people still made a lot of predictions about the future Christmas celebrations, from what kind of technologically advanced gifts will be under the tree to how the vision of Santa Claus may evolve, including all kinds of Christmas gifts and future celebrations. If we ignore the robot arm that provides Christmas gifts, Adley describes the rise of user-generated media quite accurately, explaining the way that home computers will allow people to manipulate their video and music creation:

Christmas in the future is an exciting moment. Here, children get a home music and video system, which is connected to the home computer. They are eager to carry out the experiment. The big boy is recording family photos with a video camera, which are displayed on the computer screen. However, others are interested in computer controlling and changing images. At the same time, another child is working beside the music synthesizer, creating some music that matches the crazy picture.

But what about my parents' generation, the baby boomers? Did anyone tell them about Christmas when they were children? Next, we will sample the predictions of future Christmas celebrations in the 1960s and 1970s. Some predictions are made by children themselves. They are now in their fifties and sixties.

The title comes from1October 28th 1967 165438+ scavengers.

Kingston, Jamaica,1967165438+1October 28th published an article by Carol Williams, a Londoner, imagining what Christmas would be like in 2000. Interestingly, Williams admitted for the first time that 2000 was probably a nightmare Orwellian dystopia, and Santa Claus died in a snowdrift: George Orwell's big brother world did not exist.

Christmas; Santa Claus died. In fact, he never lived. Today, many famous sociologists are deeply pessimistic about the speed of social progress, which seems to be rapidly leading mankind to the life of "big brother".

However, it is optimistic that Christmas in 2000 will be a Christian celebration as it is now, which has aroused interesting speculation. First of all, Christmas 2000 will be the greatest festival ever, just because of the anniversary. There is no doubt that Christmas 1000 activities will be reproduced in a technical way. Now, as a core part of global festivals,

Williams went on to describe a happy world connected by a huge videophone network:

On Christmas Day in 2000, TV will send colorful greetings to the whole world, from one person to another, as simple as a telegram. Every family has two TV systems: one for news and entertainment, and the other for personal use, connected to the telephone network. Therefore, Mr. Smith will put his home in London aside, say "Merry Christmas" from his hotel room and watch his children open presents. Only father knows, but he will have an amazing gift choice. Perhaps more popular than today are travel tickets-such as supersonic weekend tickets in Kenya or Brazil-where any wildlife and plants are still free and unrestricted. The fare of New World Currency from London to Tokyo is about 100 USD. For an intermediate computer operator, 100 dollars may be a week's reward.

Very young children will find color TV sets smaller than transistor radios in their Christmas stockings and miniature cable recorders. The toy is probably a homemade go-kart, powered by a selenium battery, with a kit for making a simple computer and a personal radar (this type of box will be used for Buff for the blind). Teenagers will get jet motorcycles, two-seat hovercraft and electronic organ, which are only as big as a small table, and they can put on popular tunes and play them.

This song also explains that the most wonderful Christmas celebrations don't even happen on earth. Remember, this is 1967, two years before the man landed on the moon.

There is no doubt that the most unusual Christmas in 2000 will be the Christmas spent by a group of people on the moon-scientists and astronauts from several countries may go to the moon on American and Russian rockets to establish the possibility of using the moon as a launching pad for further exploration.

They will dig up mineral deposits and observe the planets and the earth through high-powered electronic telescopes. They will be able to pick out villages in Bethlehem. Their Christmas dinner will be made of pipes and medicine bottles, and it is unlikely that any alcohol or cigars will be allowed after dinner.

Williams explained that the religious festivals around Christmas are probably the same as those in 1967, but the buildings used for worship will be different:

On earth, religious celebrations will continue as in the past two thousand years, but in many cities, churches themselves will also change; Their new buildings will have strange shapes and designs, which may be more practical than inspiring, and hundreds of them are inter-denominational and symbols of universalism.

Will Pierce (20 1 1)

Illustration of robot Santa Claus197665438+Frederick (MD) on February 23rd made a more in-depth study of the future, describing Christmas in February176.

Imagine what Christmas will be like in 200 years: an electronic Santa Claus will come down the chimney, because everyone is bionic, so Santa Claus should be bionic. Christmas dinner may include seaweed and other delicious food from the deep sea. Mistletoe will only be placed in aristocratic homes, because it is too expensive for ordinary families to buy.

There is no such thing as Christmas shopping, because all orders can be completed at home through automatic shopping equipment.

Our children will no longer wait for the official closing of the school during the Christmas holiday, because you only need to unplug the electronic classroom connector in each student's home. After a season, you don't have to worry about what to do with the Christmas tree, because it will be replanted and used the next year.

The Lethbridge Public Library in Canada held a Christmas Short Story Competition at 1977. The winners were published in Lesbridge Herald on February 24th, 10. The story "Christmas in the Future" by Mike Laycock Jr. won the first prize in the category of 9- 10 children.

It was Christmas Eve in 20 1 1 year. In a distant castle, a man named Klaus is running along a huge toy aisle. From time to time, he stopped in front of an elf to show him the way.

"In a hurry," he murmured, "can I have a rest?" ? "Everything is finally ready, elf.