if you have this you have it all

when you were a kid the idea of christmas was something you could lose sleep over.

you would get so excited throughout the weeks approaching.

you would write your christmas letters explaining why you were a good boy or girl, and you would go to the mall with mum and dad to see santa who just happened to make a trip up from the north pole so you could get your picture taken with him. 

Christmas was single handily the best day of the year next to your birthday. Christmas meant ridiculous amounts of food, presents under the tree, and time spent with family. 

As you get older you learn that there is no magical over weight man in a red suit riding his sleigh from house to house and sliding down your chimney. Buying presents for people gets harder because we all have everything we need. Spending time with your family becomes less and less because everyones grown up and gone their separate ways. There is still a ridiculous amount of food but thats because there is probably less people at your dinner table from years before.

December becomes one long ride of too many things to do.

Somewhere in between a magical santa, cookies & milk, carrots for the reindeer, too many presents and not enough thought, we lost the meaning of christmas.

We lost the idea that christmas is supposed to be a time you spend with what you’ve got. Its a time to remember what you had & what you have left.

Saint Nick isn’t going to slide down your chimney and make christmas as magical as it was when you were a kid. But the people who are around you will be able to make it more magical then what Santa ever could have.

They will make you thankful for what you have and what you have been given.

They will make you remember that good family and friends are all you really need in life.

Christmas trees or not... As long as you have people who love you, you’ve got it all. 
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