In movies, it is shown the miracles and magic of Christmas, where families go through obstacles, through snowstorms to be home with Christmas. In Suriname, we don't have snow, but we have queues and queues of cars and grumpy people on the roads. It seems like a virus every December. I will call it the 'street syndrome'. Just like whenever it rains, every car in the city seems to be on the roads....the same thing with December. But it's just a worsened type of the virus, where some people become douchebags and some too afraid to drive. For the second group, I would recommend for them not to. If you're too afraid to drive and constantly driving with the feeling you might eventually hit or get hit, it will happen like you imagined it (law of attraction).But let's get back to the main question! What is Christmas? Is it the presents that you get to open Christmas morning, the Christmas decorations you put up or is it the many Christmas dinners you'll have to work off in January? For me, every time Christmas is nearing, I'm asking myself the same question. It is so frustrating not to know how to get the Christmas spirit. It's not like there is a button I can push and then magically the spirit is on. Won't that be a relieve?
I still haven't got a solution for this, but I have a Christmas brunch with my love one tomorrow that I'm quite looking forward to. It is the season where everyone seems to feel some kind of obligation to be present at family brunches/dinners, but it will only be magical if you also feel to be there, not because you need to.
So...whether you're choosing for party, family time or sleeping till noon, I hope you all enjoy this Christmas your way. At the end, I believe the Christmas spirit will be felt if you are in some way relaxed and content with whatever you're doing. The whole year, there were so many obligations done for others, why not choose for yourself this Christmas?
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