10 Steps to Getting Into the Christmas Spirit
Posted in The Simple Life Christmas should to be a time of peace, love and goodwill. However, the stress and commotion of the season leaves many of us feeling more like the Grinch than Santa Claus. If you find it difficult to get into the holiday spirit, here are some ideas that can help:
- Shop early: Fighting for parking and struggling through crowds really saps your Christmas spirit.
- Share the spirit: Wish people a happy holiday. Say it with a smile.
- Give: Place money in a Salvation Army kettle, or make a donation to some other Christmas service.
- Do something nice: Offer to baby-sit so a friend can Christmas shop; bake cookies for neighbours or co-workers; shovel an elderly neighbour’s walk.
- Volunteer: Even if you are busy, you can spare an hour or two to help people less fortunate than yourself.
- Organize a food or gift drive: Collect food and personal items and donate them to a local shelter for the homeless or for battered women.
- Play Christmas music: Break out the Boney M.
- Watch Christmas movies: The oldies, “A Christmas Carol”, “White Christmas”, etc. and newer efforts, “Elf”, “The Santa Clause”, “Love Actually”, etc.
- Read: “A Christmas Carol”
- Decorate: Your home, your office, even your car.
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Very nice suggestions! For me, it’s helpful to remember that the word holiday derives from “holy day.” You don’t need to be ‘religious’ to be ’spiritual.’ This can start as simply as taking a few moments to pause, say “thank you,” and think of the things you are grateful for. It puts me in a better frame of mind, and helps me be of service to others.
As co-authors of Save Our Sanity: The Christmas Calm Manual, your suggestions align very much with our own tips.
Our readers have also found it useful to take the earlier step that our book includes. We help frazzled parents (women especially) to look at their perspectives, attitudes and expectations, identify what’s not working and take action to make their own Christmas as joyous as it is for their loved ones!
Your readers may be interested in getting our Tips for Christmas Calm at our site http://www.SaveOurChristmasSanity.com
We really need more people to think like that. Good job.