If anyone wants a Humbug, I’ve got some I don’t need anymore !!
Okay so on Friday evening I went out for a meal with my colleagues, and ordered a Snowball (Advocate and Lemonade, a drink I always associate with Christmas and usually avoid totally)
Then the lights on the Christmas tree (that my daughter insisted be put up), broke and I found myself on the way to the shops this morning to buy a new set. I had the radio playing and actually started singing along to Christmas songs, and then found myself singing along to the Christmas songs playing in the shop.
I got home put the new lights on the Christmas tree which is only 4 feet high, and it now has 150 lights on and I stood back and thought how utterly lovely it looked.
Then I snuggled down on the sofa, with some warm mince pies, watching Miracle on 34th Street.
I find myself being a tiny bit jealous that a lot of people will have a White Christmas, but where I live we only have rain.
I suddenly realised when I let go of all the bad memories I have of Christmases Past, and just go with the flow, live in the here and the now, some parts of the festive season affect me in the right way, the parts that don’t give me joy I’ll leave to someone else.
I know, I know, only last week I was shouting Bah Humbug from the roof tops, just goes to show, a Leopard might not change it’s spots, but people can change their perspective if they just do what they need to do for themselves and leave others to do what they need to do to make things work for them.
It doesn’t mean I will be jumping full pelt into the festive season, but there are some bits of it I am learning can give me a lovely warm feeling.