The Magic of Christmas (Merry Christmas Eve)
As Christmas Day gets ever nearer (by the hours!), I have thought of an important question for you all.
Is the magic of Christmas lost as you grow older?
When you're a child, Christmas is about the simple magic of Santa and stockings and unwrapping presents from relatives and friends as quickly as you can.
But as you get older, Christmas becomes a time when your waistband becomes a little tighter (although it is good food) and your wallet becomes a little slimmer. Presents need to be wrapped, shopping needs to be done, food needs to be prepared, cards need to be written.
Christmas seems to have lost its magic, the spark that lights that warm glow in our childish chests. The magic has disappeared into timelines and budgets and preparation and worry.
However.
Maybe not it all lost.
Maybe Christmas is still magical, even for grown-ups (teenagers are probably a different story (an anomaly more like) altogether, both being captured by the magic and disgusted by it).
Maybe adults can find magic in glowing faces by the fire, in red cheeks after eating, in wide grins once presents have been unwrapped.
Maybe adults find magic in that one moment of peace in the evening, when everyone's happy and stuffed and basking in the quiet.
Because, personally, I don't think magic can ever be lost, especially for something like Christmas. As Andy Williams says, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" and magic can never be forgotten- it's just found in different ways than you may expect.
So, to the children with your wonderful innocence and simple joy, and to the teenagers pretending to be grumpy and the teenagers helping your parents, and to the stressed-out adults hoping for peace: Merry Christmas!
As the poem says, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
Is the magic of Christmas lost as you grow older?
When you're a child, Christmas is about the simple magic of Santa and stockings and unwrapping presents from relatives and friends as quickly as you can.
But as you get older, Christmas becomes a time when your waistband becomes a little tighter (although it is good food) and your wallet becomes a little slimmer. Presents need to be wrapped, shopping needs to be done, food needs to be prepared, cards need to be written.
Christmas seems to have lost its magic, the spark that lights that warm glow in our childish chests. The magic has disappeared into timelines and budgets and preparation and worry.
However.
Maybe not it all lost.
Maybe Christmas is still magical, even for grown-ups (teenagers are probably a different story (an anomaly more like) altogether, both being captured by the magic and disgusted by it).
Maybe adults can find magic in glowing faces by the fire, in red cheeks after eating, in wide grins once presents have been unwrapped.
Maybe adults find magic in that one moment of peace in the evening, when everyone's happy and stuffed and basking in the quiet.
Because, personally, I don't think magic can ever be lost, especially for something like Christmas. As Andy Williams says, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" and magic can never be forgotten- it's just found in different ways than you may expect.
So, to the children with your wonderful innocence and simple joy, and to the teenagers pretending to be grumpy and the teenagers helping your parents, and to the stressed-out adults hoping for peace: Merry Christmas!
As the poem says, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
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