It can be Christmas Every Day!

Tis but one week to go folks! Surely we're all caught up in the whole Christmassy thing by now. It's the time of the year when we're all a little nicer to each other. We smile a little easier. We share a little more and we get a little more generous. For a few weeks in the year we all turn into the people we always hoped we would be.

It really is a tiny miracle in itself because this all happens just because it's Christmas. So don't waste this miracle – if you do you're going to regret it. If there's something on your mind, a spark of an idea you had about helping someone out or visiting that awkward relative, do it! If you've been thinking about doing something, but have put it off because it's not convenient or easy, make the effort and just do it! You have to do something! Now more than ever you have the chance to take a chance and get involved.

It doesn't have to be taking a blanket or a sandwich or a bowl of soup to those people that might not be as fortunate as you this time of year – but it could be if that's what's been on your mind. Whatever it is, it could just mean you just give a little of what is often seen as our most precious commodity – our time. It might well be something you wouldn't normally do, something surprising, but something that will put a smile into the heart of the person it's intended for.

And if you give a little, then this miracle can happen to you! It's not just the poor and hungry, everyone deserves a slice of this thing. And if you do it, and you get that buzz of warmth, you'll like it and you'll get hungry for it and you'll want it to happen again and again. You'll want it every day!

The song says 'I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day', but I don't think Roy Wood was talking about stuffing ourselves stupid, drinking ourselves under the table and emptying our bank accounts by buying meaningless gifts. I like to think he was talking about that spark of joy that we all get when we do something nice for someone else. 

That Christmas feeling doesn't have to be something we plug ourselves into once a year, it CAN happen every day! You've just got to want that feeling and then go and do something about it.

Do look after yourselves, and each other.
Oh and a VERY merry Christmas to you!