Hey lovelies ♥
Do you like Christmas? I’ve always preferred birthdays. My
birthday is my very own personal special day. Christmas just seems like a
random day on which we have collectively agreed to spend time with people we may
not actually like all that much, simply because our DNA happens to be slightly
more similar to theirs than to other people’s.
One thing I do like about Christmas, though, is that even
with the rampant consumerism and the awful commercialization, it can slow
people down. In a culture where being busy is glorified incessantly, at
Christmas, enjoying life a little is actually socially acceptable. I’m
constantly worried that I am Not Doing Enough, and yet the other day I actually
made Christmas cookies.
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| They were delicious. |
We also baked cookies at the office. I got to decorate a star-shaped cookie with little pink hearts. There is mulled wine everywhere and it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. There are Christmas parties that give you a reason to dress up and break out the glitter eye shadow. You see your friends and you celebrate with them and you spend time together. Christmas can be such a tranquil time if you let it. It can be a time for reviewing the year, planning ahead, and showing gratitude and affection to those you love.
But for that to happen, I think you have to be very
deliberate in how you spend your holiday season. If you don’t want to buy a
bunch of gifts for people you don’t really care about, don’t. Send out
hand-written cards to your closest friends and family instead. No one gets
anything in their letterbox these days anyway. Donate some of the money you
save to charity. If you don’t want to hear your drunk great-aunt’s list of
hypotheses about why you still don’t
have a boyfriend, don’t visit her. Or at least leave early. Life’s too short. And
if you don’t want to end up with five new pairs of socks, a book about pot
plants and a gift certificate to a candle-making workshop, tell your friends
and family that you’d rather not receive presents. Ask them to spend the day
making snowmen with you instead.
At least, that’s what I’ll be doing.
Lots of love,
Damita
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