Happy New Year my
dear readers. It is the time of goals and resolutions. My usual list to read
more and actually get into shape. It still is, but I have one unconventional resolution this
year. I want to live all year round,
to be evergreen.
See, for the last
few months, things have been crazy and time has been going by so fast. From
Thanksgiving to New Years, it was a revolving door of family visiting, seeing
old friends, parties, dinners, and while still trying to keep up with everyday work/laundry/sleep.
One moment we have to decorate for Christmas and before you know it, January
2012 has arrived. And I was never to get into the spirit of Christmas until 5pm
December 25th.
As we were putting
away our Christmas decorations, that’s all I kept thinking about.
Growing up, I loved
Christmas to the point of obsession. I would listen to Christmas music all year
round (still guilty of now). There was one point that I was seriously
considering to change my name to Christmas (Kristen to Christmas isn’t really that
big of a deal). I wanted to put my own 3ft tree up in my room by September,
wanting to leave it up till March. And for the rest of the year, I used to keep
a small 10 inch tree up. It would
be nonstop marathons of the classic Rankin-Bass Christmas movies complete with
Christmas cookies.
It was my favorite
time of year.
Then in my senior
year of high school, I simply could not get into Christmas. I had lost my
Christmas spirit. And it would be that way for the next few years.
I would blame
something called College and Finals. I stop putting up decorations, listening
to Christmas music, decorating a tree, because I didn’t have the time. It really was that I didn’t feel any
Christmas spirit, and to be honest, I didn’t feel like myself.
When I was dorming
a year ago, Christmas 2010 was slowly approaching and no Christmas spirit was
happening. Even with forcing myself to watch every Christmas Special on TV. I
was really down because I had a strong feeling I wouldn’t be returning to
college next semester.
But I realized that
I had bought a lot of glitter and construction paper. Being the 8 yr. old that
I am, I decided to decorate my room with very sparkly paper snowflakes, paper
trees, and paper chains. And that kind of brought my Christmas spirits back.
So for Christmas
2011, I wanted to make sure I really got into the spirit of Christmas. Started a
Christmas countdown, watching my Christmas movies, listening to my favorite
Christmas music in October. I would have put my tree up then too, but my
parents wouldn’t let me.
Then life just got
crazy, again. I was working two jobs. It was so busy that I didn’t know what
the date was. All I knew was that it was December.
Then it was Christmas
Eve.
We were to spend it
with my mom’s side of the family. I knew we had a bit of a drive ahead of us.
All I kept saying was, “God, I’m here in the same exact place as last year, and
the year before. I love Christmas. How could I have missed it this year again?”
Why is Christmas so
important to me? Christmas is the one time of year where magic is real. The
whole season is about having faith. If you just believe, anything is possible.
Where love and happiness are over abundant. You make it a priority to see your
family and loved ones. It’s the one time of year where you can listen to songs
about the birth of Jesus Christ on almost every radio station and every store
you shop.
It is the day we choose to celebrate that He
was born to die so we could one day pray to Him to save both yours and my life.
So this New Year, instead
of waiting and entire year for the next holiday season to that I decided I want
to live this way all year round, to not save it all for just a few short days
in December.
That is my new
years resolution.
I want to live all
year round, I want to be evergreen.
Inspired by:
Love.
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