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Channel: Bradley Roderick
Date: 11/12/2020

The Christmas Season 2020 

The Christmas Season, a time of coming together with the ones we cherish the most, family and friends, a time of love, appreciation, sharing and giving to others. Christmas is such a special time to show family members and those closest to us just how very much they mean. It’s wonderful to have the perfect home decorated for the season all glamorous and festive, the tree so spectacularly dressed, the table adorned with the finest of foods and drinks, with gifts galore but that’s not what Christmas is all about, yes it’s makes the season bright and merry and unforgettable. Those who find themselves at this side of the table are truly blessed, but for many Christmas can be sparse and small yet magical and just as perfect with spirit and affection of a beautiful family all well in health and rich in connection. Christmas is the love of a family, a mother and son bond, a father and son bond, a mother and daughter’s sister like attachment, a Grandmother’s love, a Grandfather’s story, a can’t live without you emotion, an Uncle jokes, an Aunt’s special way, a grandson’s tradition, a daughter’s first Christmas, a puppy’s first snowflake. All so blessed and so very magical and so perfect more so at Christmastime. Christmas is tradition, of past and new adventures ahead, it’s the looking back and the looking ahead together. Christmas is the slowing of time to enjoy the simplest of things with loved ones, and enjoying the right now and not worrying about the future ahead even though it may seem scary and unseen. Christmas and it’s magic allows us to be merry and bright and enjoy all these wonderful things whether we are rich or poor, lavish feasts or barely just enough. Christmas should remind us all of just how fortunate we are, with our lives, the way we choose to live, our health and all we have but not just of monetary value but the blessed people around us and all their greatness. It’s a perfect time to reminisce over past Christmas and memories of loved ones and treasured souls, but we must try not to be sad as these are treasures forever and more is to come. Christmas is such a special time, for me it’s those moments of spending treasured times with my Nan, Christmas shopping with my Mum and brothers, the stressing with my Dad to pick the perfect gift or gifts shall we say for my Mum, the browsing and hunting, the little patience for queuing bless ya Dad! The festive lunches with Mum, my twin brother, friends and work colleagues, family Christmas buffets, Christmas parties, the baking with my niece, the writing of Christmas cards, the choosing of the perfect gifts to give amazement and to show just how very much they mean, the wrapping of gifts with endless ribbons and bows, the dressing of the Christmas tree with my Mum, Dad putting the Christmas lights up, a beautiful set festive home, the looking forward to my new baby niece’s first Christmas, Nan’s Baileys, all those channel 5 Christmas films, yes I love them, the Christmas cake, mulled wine mmmm, a mince pie or two!!!… But most all enjoying Christmas with my perfect family whether I had nothing to give, nor an item to receive or a penny to spend, I’d be the richest of all with the family I so cherish and adore. I truly thank the Lord above. 

This year Christmas will be very different for us all, 2020 has been an unforgettable year and one which will stay strong in our minds for many years to come. Many who would have cherished to have been here with us sadly no longer sit upon our Christmas tables because of this horrific virus, there is great anger, sadness and grief and my heart goes out to all those people. This Christmas I am determined to make it special in honour of all those souls who cannot no longer, something of which we all should do. So this Christmas Day I will be raising a glass to those people who are no longer here with us and making merry for hopefully a brighter future ahead, we should all stand together in this worrying time and for now enjoy a wonderful safe Christmas, enjoy all what we can, support one another and cherish those closest to us, and our treasured time together. Then as we approach 2021, let’s take each other’s hand hypothetically and stand strong together, hopefully all getting through this in a way we can look back on and feel proud, dignified and honoured that we did all we can to help others this Christmas.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, a safe Christmas, a healthy Christmas and one of which will be all the very cherished and treasured for us all! God bless those who are absent from our Christmas tables and now sit in heaven among angels and the Lord. 

My greatest wishes to you…

Merry Christmas!

Your YouTube Friend, Bradley