It always happens about this time every year. People get anxious, stressed and just plain mean around the holiday season. They loose that "giddy" feeling for the holidays. Everyone starts off around Thanksgiving as happy as can be. They are just so excited about the holiday season that has finally arrived. But now by mid- December everyone is scrooge and just ready for "it" to be over.
Jeeze people what seems to be the problem? We have a million reasons why we should still be as giddy now as we were right before Thanksgiving. Let me share some wonderful examples.... First of all, We as CHRISTIANS celebrate a history changing, history making birth! A birth that changed everything for us. Next, we get to spend precious time with family and friends, the ones we love. We get to watch our children's face light up Christmas Day to see what Santa had brought their way. The giggles, the whispers, the laughter, the smiles, the food, the pictures, the memories, the love, my list could go on and on as to why we should be so GIDDY right now.
But instead of finding ourselves giddy, we find ourselves stressed, short tempered, scrooge, just ready for "it" to be over with so we can get back to normal. Why? Are you stressed because of all the shopping that YOU waited last minute to do? Wow, really? Don't take that out on someone else... That is your own fault!!! Shopping for your loved ones should be fun anyways. I don't just go buy something and delegate it to go to a certain person, I buy to fit that persons personality. Things that have meaning. You may not have a lot of money and that's ok too. The year I was pregnant with Stephen we really couldn't afford to buy any Christmas gifts.... So I bought plain wooden picture frames for the soon to be grandparents and great grand parents. I asked a wonderful friend of mine to paint them for me with Stephen's name on them. That Christmas gift was one of the best I think they ever received. All of them loved them. So don't blame money, you have a way around it. Don't let work get in the way of your holiday spirit... Just because you work with Scrooge doesn't mean you have to let him rub off on you. Show him/her what Christmas love is all about. Don't refer to Christmas as "it". Really, "it" has a name!! Make a point to tell people Merry Christmas. See the smile and that will help your smile.
So relax, enjoy the holiday season. Christmas will be here and gone before you know. Don't regret not doing something just because you had lost your "giddy" feeling.
Early Merry Christmas!!!
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