Why I’m Celebrating Christmas until New Year’s Day🤣
Maybe I’ll keep that Christmas spirit going all year long
Why I’m wearing my ‘Christmas clothes’ until new year’s eve?
Because I wanted to be badass authentically me for new year’s and no one else was doing it.
I was grocery shopping when someone asked me “ Why are you wearing a Santa hat?…it’s 3 days after Christmas”. I replied that I’m still celebrating life and being grateful for what I am. Then he smiled and said:
“That’s the Spirit!”
Sometimes I say things out loud to people and get surprised that I said it. It’s like an alien takes over my body. When the words come out I wake up silently mouthing the last thing I said in disbelief, like:
“Grateful for what I am?” …who says that?…Not “who I am” but “what!?”
“Grateful for what I am?”…what the HELL does THAT mean?
Maybe I was just cheerfully defending myself.
He kind of made me feel like a weirdo for wearing Christmas tree-printed pants and a sequined Santa hat 3 days after Christmas. When I looked around in the grocery store, I was the ONLY one wearing ‘Christmas clothes’ when a week ago everyone was doing it. Then I began to feel uncomfortable.
This realization kind of pissed me off because moments ago I was cheerfully minding my own business picking my vegetables. Now I became a mental grinch because that stranger questioned me. I had thoughts like:
“Why can’t I wear my Christmas socks in July, without feeling like a weirdo if I want to”
“Why can’t people mind their own business”
“Christmas is not even about material things or what you look like”
“Why does everyone have to be group-think, commercial sheep”
Side note: It’s MUCH Cheaper to buy gifts after Christmas. Everything is half off!
As I put the asparagus in my shopping cart, I grumbled to myself about what that stranger said to me and what I meant about being grateful for what I am. Then, lightbulb, I Got it!
I’m grateful for what I am because I AM the Christmas spirit.
I have a confetti soul and I’m STILL celebrating life. That day, I particularly was just celebrating the success of one of my articles and I was in a good mood:
Who says you can’t celebrate like it’s New Year’s Eve on a Tuesday afternoon?
Or any friggin afternoon in any flipping month of the year. Carrying the spirit of any holiday throughout the year is more profound than the day itself. Whether it be:
- Mother’s day — appreciating mother’s
- Father’s day- appreciating father’s
- Valentines day- appreciating love
- Christmas day- appreciating people
- New Year’s day- appreciating growth/change
For 2022
1) I decided to celebrate life and appreciate the people in my life throughout the year like it’s mother’s day, father’s day or valentine’s day.
Appreciation is true wealth
2)I've also decided to change my perspective when something or someone upsets me. That stranger put me in a bad mood when he questioned why I was wearing Christmas clothes 3 days after Christmas but I could look at it in another way.
He was not trying to make me feel like a weirdo for wearing my Santa hat, he was admiring my spirit. That’s why he said:
“That’s the Spirit!”
I’m on vacation week. For me, Christmas is not really over if you have a Christmas Spirit.
And If the Christmas spirit is having a cheerful soul and celebrating life,
Why not celebrate Christmas until New Year's day?
Heck!… Maybe I’ll keep that Christmas spirit going all year long🤣
I appreciate you for reading this. Here’s a late Christmas gift for you🎁:
