Christmas. Without a second thought. Love it love it love it. Don't care about people's complaints that it's commercialised. Don't care about the hype or the fact that shops put decorations out in October already. Don't care if we spend too much money.
I just love Christmas. It has everything to me. In our country, it's summer. The height of summer, to be exact. It's hot and beautiful weather. It's long school holidays. And I have the most beautiful memories of my time with my mother as I grew up, over Christmases. We always went to Waenhuiskrans, at the coast. Beautiful memories. I wasn't sad much when my dad sold their house. Because to me, my mom's house is the one in Waenhuiskrans. That's where I find her again. I remember exactly where the Christmas tree stood. How it looked. The long walks late afternoon or after dinner. The good meals. The family times.
And most importantly. I'm a Christian, and Christmas is a time for joy. Because we celebrate the birth of our beloved Jesus. I don't care about the origins of where it started or whatever people's opinion on that is. I celebrate the 25th of December as Jesus's birthday. We party for Him. We party with Him. We give gifts to each other, because we can't give something physical to Him, and He loves us being kind and good to each other. We celebrate with family. And we celebrate for 2 days long. We eat like kings. We spoil ourselves. We spoil each other. There's a vibe in the air, everywhere you go. Shops, friends, everywhere. Most of the people in our community/circle, are Christians. We send each other happy sms's. Life is beautiful at Christmas time for us. I make sure that the kids are thoroughly spoiled, at least this one time a year. I save all year long for their gifts. Looking forward to finding each one exactly what they want. And to see their faces lit up. Just absolutely the best day.
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