Once again, we’re on the eve of a major holiday. Some people consider it to be the biggest day on the calendar for spiritual and religious reasons. For others, it’s a time when (most) commercial work shuts down and families spend time together.
Christmas always has the potential for exponentially more stress than Thanksgiving. The expectations are so much higher – gifts, decorations, traditions. Even those who don’t celebrate the Christian holiday can’t help but absorb the surrounding tension. Christmas 2008 is gearing up to be the most challenging in decades with the economy and even the weather across the country conspiring to make everyone work harder to get to their celebration.
There never has been a more difficult or better time to find the perfect moment.
If you’ve struggled to find the money for Christmas presents, pause to appreciate the gift of people you cherish so much that you want to celebrate them. If you are trudging your way across town or across the country to join loved ones for the holidays, take time to appreciate the actual journey you’ve chosen. If you’ve taken vacation time to enjoy holiday, also celebrate the fact that, in this economy, you have a job to return to after Christmas.
2008 may be the perfect time to redefine and rediscover the true “reason for the season.”
Merry Christmas and grateful thanks giving to us all, every one.
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