Christmas. Last minute shopping. Presents. Wrapping paper. Sellotape everywhere, including sticking to itself. Snow. Ice. Cold Winds. Commercials. Toys. Father Christmas. Christmas Tree. Advent Calendar. The sales. Baby Jesus. Christmas Cards.
In my world, it means something very different. Yes all of the above is included, but there is something more. Every time Christmas comes around, it makes me feel better about myself. Even though this year, unlike many others, I am having to work over what would normally have been my holidays, I feel brighter, happier, and there's that Christmas feeling. But what is it?
Well, I shall tell you. It's the security and familiarity that Christmas brings. All year long we live from day to day, week to week, not always knowing what is going to happen in our lives, or to the lives of those close to us, and those around us. We work hard, play hard, and all the time we have no grand master plan of how our days unfold.
For me, the total opposite is true at Christmas. For 28 years, from the evening of Christmas Eve, right through until Boxing Day morning, my routine has been EXACTLY the same. I could recount to you right now the exact events that will unfold, and the timings of which they shall occur within the period just described. (I won't because I do not wish to bore you!)
Some may say "that's boring" and scowl at the predictability, but I like it, and here's why. As I previously mentioned. It provides a security and a comfort that nothing else can. By knowing how and when everything and anything will occur, I have no worry, no need to plan, or ask questions. Everything just IS the way it is, and should be.
Knowing that for one day in my life, everything will be right, makes me smile inside, and that is the Christmas feeling I get. No matter what the hardships are for the remainder of the year, no matter how alone I feel, or how commercialised the season becomes, I always know my Christmas will be perfect.
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