Christmas is approaching and travel is approaching, which means for many people the question: Do everything important go in the hand luggage compartment? It should. This can be proven by a violin case.
In line “The mandatory defense“We speak up for people, animals, things or habits that are criticized and rejected by the majority. This article is part of TIME on the weekendissue 51/2025.
When the hand luggage compartments in air travel are overflowing, then it’s Christmas time – and there are just as few limits to the gift-giving imagination as there are to the charity and long-suffering of the security staff at the airports. Table spruces, Thermomixes, Herrnhut stars (ready-made ones), tricycles, two-wheelers, unicycles, scratching posts for cats, baby ski equipment – these days you can seem to get almost everything through security effortlessly. Two or three bulging bags from the duty-free shop too many? No problem.
