I would love to write a story about a city girl who hates Christmas, but grudgingly goes home to her little town for the holidays and falls in love with the baker boy who shows her the true meaning of Christmas and makes her ultimately abandon her glamorous life to be with him, but i won’t, — this isn’t hallmark. Rather, let me tell you something else about saving Christmas. Every year, the new set of adults who just gained admission into adulthood start fretting about how different Christmas is as a grown up. They will suddenly realise that the teenage ages and its “perks” of being aloof during the holidays were a sham, and the better days were the days when our mothers bought our Christmas dresses and matching hats in September and put them in their boxes till Christmas day. They’ll also go ahead to spend the next couple of years confused about the holidays, and reminiscing about our coloured specs and ben 10 wrist watches and every other nostalgia that will eat them alive for a couple more christmases to come. “Christmas just isn't the same anymore…”, “I miss the days when…”, “by this time that year…”, and other stories will become the main activities. Now I know how sad it is we’ve all been there, so this is definitely not to say it’s a bad thing to reminisce about the good old days; I'm only saying make sure you don’t reminisce and remain there because frankly, that’s exactly what they are and what they will remain, -the good old days. More of the point of all of this is to say, we have to live in the reality that we’re adults now and if we truly want to save Christmas, we have to be intentional about it. Plan for holiday activities with friends, visit family, enjoy the cold or hot air and accept that climate change has come to whoop our asses, binge on Christmas movies in your spare time, listen to carols, -udara may not come as early in December as it did when we were kids but look forward to it anyways, the list is endless. If you struggle with childhood trauma, by all means please do whatever it takes to heal your inner child this season; buy a hat that sings if you have to and do things that'll make you happy. The advent season is honestly God’s gift to mankind and I know Jesus doesn’t like seeing you all carrying faces for his birthday party, please consider him. It’s Christmas, make an effort to be happy, spread love to those in need, find joy in the little things and create new memories as you go. Let the holiday cheer fill your spirit. A little trip down memory lane never hurts anybody, but it’ll benefit us all to snap back to reality because nobody is coming to measure your leg with a broomstick to buy you oversized shoes. Merry Christmas and a happy jolly New Year to everyone ❤️.