Christmas | Brodie
Is everyone excited? I know I am! Christmas is fast approaching and I love it. I really get into this time of the year. I decorate my house with all things Christmas; I even put up a fake fireplace just to hang decorations and stockings. I wear my Santa hat every time I’m in the car during the month of December just to put a smile on other people’s faces as they drive past me. You don’t have to be religious to enjoy it (I’m not), I just think this time of the year is for fun and enjoyment. Personally, I particularly love the collective secret that we all hold and abide by for our kids (wink, wink).
I must say I love a white Christmas – I’ve had two of them so far but when they are in -32c maybe that’s stretching things and a little warmer would be nice. At those kind of temperatures, you can’t go outside so Christmas snow angles are off the list. There is something magical about snow on Christmas day, particularly when all the songs we sing talk about it.
We have the entire family around for lunch where we have a massive feast. This year I put my hand up for it at my place, mainly because I’ve got a new couch and I’m just finishing off the backyard and proud me wants to show it off. We’ll have a long table where we’ll all sit and stuff ourselves silly and then we’ll exchange our Kris Kringle presents (because it was getting too expensive to give everyone a present and the thought behind the present seems to be reducing directly in relation to the number of presents that were growing each year).
Whoever I get, usually gets the best present (presents I’ve previously given include a unicycle, a chair shaped in hand, a fighter pilot helmet, a 1.5 meter gumball machine; see fantastic presents), my grandmother will hand out moneyboxes to all the grandkids that she got from her bank and they’ll all have 3 x 50cent pieces in them and then my cousin will hand his present of an orange, his old hat with holes in it and about $4.50 in silver change to someone. We’re not drinkers so our fun is reserved to the ribbings that we all inevitable give to each other for our growing waistlines, increased wrinkles, jobs, girlfriends/boyfriends lost, and anything else anyone can ever think about.
We’ve had some separation in our family and not everyone attends anymore. And I know that everyone says things like ‘Christmas is a time for forgiving or for family’ but I say Christmas is about fun. Life’s too short to be doing things out of obligation. Do things that make you smile and bring you joy. I’m OK with some of my family members being missing at my Christmas table as I know that they are enjoying their own Christmas rather than sitting next to nosey Nana with a frown out of obligation.
Whatever you are doing for Christmas make sure it’s something you love to do with a smile on your face!