Christmas is my favorite holiday and makes the winter season infinitely more tolerable. I love the concept of an optimistic, religious holiday with beautiful lights, music, and decorations to counter an ugly weather season that is usually cold and dark. Lights, Holly, Garnish, mistletoe that are all lovely greens and reds. I embrace the challenge of gift giving, where other people turn cynical or stress out about it. I appreciate receiving gifts from companies I work for, friends, and family alike. I love gift giving and thinking of others; trying to improve their lives with my gifts. I like that a majority of the world and businesses take a pause from their busy lives and take a day of respite to spend time with the people that actually matter most to their lives. It's the one day that if it's snowing, hardly no one cares + it's actually beautiful because it's not a work day. I also appreciate the tradition of a Christmas dinner; breaking bread is becoming more rare in this culture of staring at computers all day. This is a great time of year to take time off from work and reflect upon the year and prepare for the new one. Furthermore, a good time to give thanks to Jesus for your blessings, or pray for one if religious enough.
