Signing out of a Christmas lie? Going for the real thing instead? 😉

Hello Everyone 😊 

You know, I am not a great fan of Christmas time and I can tell you why. Maybe there are some people here thinking the same way?

I think there are so many wrong things we do about Christmas:

1) We buy lots of huuuge or expensive gifts, because "the tradition requires from us doing so" - and it is not as beneficial to us, our family or friends as for the industry, turning our planet into a pile of rubbish more and more every year.

2) We buy lots of foods, later suffering from overeating or just throwing away the remains of plant or animal products which could make somebody else not hungry or still alive.

3) We put on fancy clothing we don't need next 360 days in a year (with an effect described in #1), smiling to a photo no matter how confused, lost or uncomfortable we may feel - instead of concentrating on what is inside us.

4) During the Christmas shopping rush the sales people are deadbeat and longing to go home, many hours a day being forced to listen to songs about the "Christmas charm" with not much rest, what is making them really sick 😉 

5) There is a real invasion of Christmas ads anywhere, telling us this time we should buy and consume even more than we usually do.

6) We forget that there are people around who don't have Christmas or do not celebrate it at the same time - and this is not at all about them being any way "morally disabled" but it is just a matter of diversity, respect and tolerance.

7) I really don't like the tradition in my country, of a midnight Christmas Eve mass in the church, some people go to just to be free to start drinking first thing in the Christmas morning, or some of them being already drunk when entering the church.

8) Christmas cleaning and shopping obsessions - once I was in a very bad mood I tried to talk to someone, and a few weeks before Christmas everyone was so busy they had no time to meet or just talk - it seems by preparing for Christmas we are forgetting what it is all about.

9) Sadly so many people before Christmas are just rude, unkind or revengeful to shop assistants, other shoppers, drivers - or anybody they meet on their way to sit at the Christmas table and acting like an angel.

10) Sending "standardized" Christmas wishes by "send to all" options to people we don't know too much on every day, just because they are on our contact list.

What kind of Christmas I prefer:

11) Understanding that people around are "like objects in the car back mirror": they are really closer to you than you thought they were 😊 

12) Putting an end to fighting over small things, competing, jealousy or misunderstandings.

13) Being happy by just having a nice winter walk or a ginger tea together.

14) Enjoying the closeness with the family we might have not had enough time sometimes, being hurried by our busy schedules, work routine and deadlines.

15) Saving some time and care for strangers who are lonely or in need.

16) Being good to animals (even if they do not speak on Christmas Eve 😉).

17) Meeting or getting closer to someone special ❤️ 

18) Finding a magic in every moment before sitting at the Christmas Eve table (things like digging in the garden can turn into a magic no advertising can offer 😉).

19) Looking at the Christmas time as the summary of the way you spent your year, not the time you can easily compensate in one hour all the negligences or bad behaviours you committed within 50+ weeks before 😜 

20) Remembering that while you a good person, your Christmas of giving out and receiving true gifts might be every day 😊

This is the kind of Christmas I wish to you 😊