Tis the season to be jolly… With this economy?? Yeah right.
People getting fired left and right, promises of a better tomorrow seem further away, no time or money to go buy presents for your loved ones… One might think there are many reasons for why the holiday’s might be more blue than merry, but maybe that’s not such a bad thing after all. I mean do we really need to buy gifts for this to be a happy season? Will your sister really wear that necklace? Will your best friend just end up returning her gift? And what unique present could you possibly get your mom? I think she’s received enough framed pictures of you throughout the years. Why try to be creative with material gifts, when instead you can start to think of new ways to make the holidays a joyful and fun occasion again.
Make these hard times work for you, throw away the superficial idea of Christmas, and get back to the basics. Like, spending time with family and friends, so have your parents hide the TV remote; and start calling up people and making plans. Just because it’s cold, snowing or raining outside doesn’t mean it’s ok to turn into a couch potato. Get creative and start enjoying this time of year, even trendy places are making the most of the season; for example the W hotel in Brentwood has transformed the backyard swimming pool into a skating rink. You can also get together with your friends and bake holiday treats, cook up dinners, have cocktail parties, etc… Even people watching at a shopping center like The Grove can give you a new perspective; you’ll either laugh at the people going from store to store as if competing to see who can carry the most bags before their arms fall off, or you can see the look on kids faces as they look up at the huge Christmas tree in awe, or see them pull their parents with all their might so that they can get in line to see Santa. It can take you back to when you were a kid, it can make you smile and remember what this time of year meant for you. Now of course it probably meant getting presents, you were a kid after all; but now you know a little bit better and you can indulge and be creative with its meaning. Will you be bummed out that you might not get the presents you want? Will you be nervous and feel guilty that you might show up empty handed to one of your many holiday parties? Or will you try to make the most of it? As for me, all I want for this holiday season is to be able to enjoy my time at home, no blackberry buzzing every 5 minute with a new email from work, no worrying if my boss is going to call after I left the office. I just want to take a break and be at peace so I can prepare and brace myself for the madness that follows the New Year. As the song goes “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.”
People getting fired left and right, promises of a better tomorrow seem further away, no time or money to go buy presents for your loved ones… One might think there are many reasons for why the holiday’s might be more blue than merry, but maybe that’s not such a bad thing after all. I mean do we really need to buy gifts for this to be a happy season? Will your sister really wear that necklace? Will your best friend just end up returning her gift? And what unique present could you possibly get your mom? I think she’s received enough framed pictures of you throughout the years. Why try to be creative with material gifts, when instead you can start to think of new ways to make the holidays a joyful and fun occasion again.
Make these hard times work for you, throw away the superficial idea of Christmas, and get back to the basics. Like, spending time with family and friends, so have your parents hide the TV remote; and start calling up people and making plans. Just because it’s cold, snowing or raining outside doesn’t mean it’s ok to turn into a couch potato. Get creative and start enjoying this time of year, even trendy places are making the most of the season; for example the W hotel in Brentwood has transformed the backyard swimming pool into a skating rink. You can also get together with your friends and bake holiday treats, cook up dinners, have cocktail parties, etc… Even people watching at a shopping center like The Grove can give you a new perspective; you’ll either laugh at the people going from store to store as if competing to see who can carry the most bags before their arms fall off, or you can see the look on kids faces as they look up at the huge Christmas tree in awe, or see them pull their parents with all their might so that they can get in line to see Santa. It can take you back to when you were a kid, it can make you smile and remember what this time of year meant for you. Now of course it probably meant getting presents, you were a kid after all; but now you know a little bit better and you can indulge and be creative with its meaning. Will you be bummed out that you might not get the presents you want? Will you be nervous and feel guilty that you might show up empty handed to one of your many holiday parties? Or will you try to make the most of it? As for me, all I want for this holiday season is to be able to enjoy my time at home, no blackberry buzzing every 5 minute with a new email from work, no worrying if my boss is going to call after I left the office. I just want to take a break and be at peace so I can prepare and brace myself for the madness that follows the New Year. As the song goes “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.”
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