The magic of Christmas isn’t just in the presents, but in moments like these #215

I feel it.
I can still see the memories when I close my eyes sometimes. The uncontrollable sound of laughter floating through the air with no care in the world, the smiles; the ones that when you throw your head back and laugh about nothing serious but you’re still laughing so hard that tears start to spill down your cheeks and you look so flushed or dazed.
The memories that include your parents smiling at your giddiness and teasing you about embarrassing stories in front of your cousins.
The Christmas of 2018 was it for me.
It’s the one Christmas memory that I have that at anytime of the year I look at it, I can still feel it’s magic ✨ (Peace and Joy)

I think it’s my favourite Christmas memory till date even if Christmas isn’t here yet and to that I’m wishing you ladies a merry Christmas in advance 🥲✨…
The reason is because in comparison to this my current stage of adulting as a lady in her mid-teens, the level of happiness I’ve experienced so far has a large contrast.
While I was care-free and dependant, I’m a bit calculative and slowly becoming independent.
I just realised that in our busy lives, Christmas becomes a time to pause, reflect, and spend quality time with loved ones. Whether it might eating together or seeing a movie together or just talking about anything or nothing at all together🥺.
But recently, everyone is growing and we no longer do those things anymore. People change I guess and so there is little to no time to create more beautiful memories as the ones we did in the past.
In my home town, people prioritise finances and other material things. My age-grade in my family tree just be all about cute-face-cards and social media I think that’s okay but nowadays it’s all they’re ever doing.

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It’s not like the other years had awful memories or we just stopped the holiday altogether. My family and I (immediate nuclear) still celebrate Christmas and exchange presents though, it’s fun and the memories are worth cherishing, the magic is there but the magic of the entire family tree together surrounded with peace and love is a different magic level and that is why when I look back to how my Christmas holidays had gone by I’d pick Christmas year2018 over and over again 🥲.

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