PHILOSOPHICAL PHURSDAY: Are your internal fairy lights flickering? Are you finding it tricky tracking down your tinsel-tingle? Is your festiveness feeling a little flat? A lot of people struggle to find that spark of excitement that they see others ramming down their throats. (Sorry about that) But good golly miss Holly it's Christmas time!
Have you been left 'cold outside' by all the blatant commercialism, and yearn for a simpler time when the reason for the season felt a bit more special? Do you feel like you want to try and recapture some of that magic and wonder that the Christmas spirit brings? Well, fear not, all is not lost.
You've bought some pressies to why not jump in your car and go and deliver them a bit earlier when it's not so much of a rush to deliver your gifts. Forget all the hustling and bustling and stress of trying to find a parking space you had to get the best deals; exchanging gifts with friends and family is one of the best things to boost your Chrimbo button.
Close your eyes (after you read this obviously). Now, imagine your best Christmas ever. It might have been when Father Christmas got you that Scalextic or bike as a kid, or maybe that Christmas Eve night when you really thought you heard the bearded big man himself as you tried to sleep. Ask yourself a question why was that special, and what did it feel like?
If it was simply that sense of wonder and how it felt like everybody was "nicer" somehow. Remember and soak in the memories you had of total belief in magic and in a man who delivers presents everyone all over the world.
Keep a smile on your face, and walk with your head up. Greet everybody—young and old, even people you might instinctively dislike—with a hearty "Merry Christmas!" Sure, you may not believe it yourself at first, but give it some time and you'll soon receive enough smiles from complete strangers to make even the hardest of hearts melt just a little.
Plus of course, it doesn't matter if you have a house full of kids, or are on your own. Enjoy the trappings of the season in any way you can.
So grab yourself your Christmas tree, turn on the Christmas music, and decorate the wotsit out of wherever you are. Once your home smells like Christmas, it's hard not to get a little excited.
"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings!" Whether your tastes run towards the traditional Miracle on 34th Street, the classics like A Christmas Carol by Dickens (or a comedic take with Scrooged or ELF), stop-action animations like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or Nightmare Before Christmas, Christmas telly is filled with nostalgia, humor, morality, and lots of simple fun. (Do try Chritmas24 TV channel)
Start a new tradition before the big day, so you get the chance to spend some time with friends and family that you don't get the chance to see as often as you would like. Make Christmas the excuse for a good get together and have yourself a belly full of laughs.
And most important of all: be yourself. No matter what your faith, belief, desires, traditions, or expectations are, Christmas is about celebrating love and kindness and friends and family. So make the days coming up to Christmas as full of as much joy as you can muster and you can't go far wrong. The fountain of Christmas spirit resides in all of us, and it's up to us to let it flow freely.
Look after yourself, and each other. Oh, and Merry Christmas!
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