Christmas decorations at TRM. [Photo/NairobiWire]
Have you ever planned a huge event that you were so excited about and wanted to get just right? Like an engagement party or anniversary party? Or a wedding?
As the big day approaches you are full of joyful anticipation and even though you’re busy with all the details, you try to enjoy as much of it as you can, relishing the moments, taking it all in. Then the day comes and the excitement fades.
That is to mean, you prepped, planned, worked toward, and looked forward to it for so long that now life feels a little bit emptier. So, you slowly make your way back to the daily grind and give yourself over to the boring duties of the day.
It’s finally December, Christmas season and no energy to welcome the festivities. Well, as a child, some couldn’t believe that Christmas morning would actually come to pass, it meant the world to us.
But now, it doesn’t feel the same. Whatever happened to the jolly mood? When we gathered together around and ate too much. We took way too many pictures that our relatives use as blackmail now that we are adults. Photos of the little you wouldn’t want to be leaked to the whole world to see.
Christmas isn’t Christmas until after Christmas day anyway. When you notice that the normal routine is about to begin. Some of us may choose to use up those vacation hours we’ve earned to recuperate from yet another busy season. And yet maybe for some, nothing will change. Maybe Christmas is just another day.