As I was reminded this afternoon, Christmas is only about 40 days away. After all the pre-Christmas preparations I have done at work and all the hype with the media, I’ve been in a festive mood since last week. Even though the hotel hasn’t officially kicked off with Christmas decorations yet, I have already made decorations out of recyclable materials and hung them all around my department. They are so pretty!!! *gushes* Okay okay, enough self-praise.
At home, I have been blasting Josh Groban Christmas carols. Ah, so nice. I don’t normally listen to him but he’s got fantastic Christmas carols from his Noel album (I first heard them in Nic’s aeroplane car while he was driving me home one night). His versions make Christmas feel very grand, and not cheesy like some other versions of Christmas carols. I really love traditional Christmas carols and quite dislike modern Christmas songs – unless it’s “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” or “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (I’m a big fan of Love Actually – yeah, who would have thought cranky little Cheryl would like such a soppy romance movie?)
It’s strange that I embrace Christmas now. When I was in my teens, I used to detest Christmas. Maybe the fault lay with the unstable raging hormones, but I used to do nasty things to try to ruin Christmas for people. When people played Christmas carols, I would blast Metallica to block out the merrymaking and wallow in misery. Looking back, I was such a Grinch!
But I’ve grown up now. I’ve embraced my faith and the story behind Christmas. I’ve found Jesus. I’ve learnt to be a better person. I’ve learnt to love and to accept love. Most importantly I’m no longer an awkward pimply teenager who had an attitude problem and issues with everyone (now just a few people), hahaha…
Come on, people, gimme some Christmas loving!
