Director of Careers Service counts down to Christmas Day….
Your approach in preparing for the annual celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ reveals a lot about you, although the list below has a large dose of generalisation!
1 month to go: a) Plans made, invites issued, presents bought (and wrapped), The Pogues dominating your playlist, lights tested (and soon to go up)
b) Build up starts soon, although probably not before the start of December, pretty clear on who, what, why where, when but still to be firmed up
c) It’s November, so much can change between now and the big day, so let’s wait until much nearer the time. Pretty sure it’s the 25th but no idea which day of the week Christmas Day falls on.
Everything will be fine (it was last year)
2 weeks to go: a) Mild panic, the shops do sell out and some of the early purchases have best before dates. Slightly frustrated at the indecision of others but if a law were passed to bring forward Christmas to 11th December, we’re good to go
b) In control but wishing maybe that more had been done earlier. Still glad I don’t fall into a) or c)
c) Apparently shops used to shut early on Wednesdays and were never open on Sundays. That might have made things trickier but in 2013 there are still 14 shopping days left. No point peaking too soon
Christmas Eve: a) Everything is ready, Turkey timings checked and double checked, a few thank-you letters drafted as the preparedness included a list of presents you’d like
b) Most things are ready but it might be a late night wrapping
c) Game on. This is what gets you going and it only comes round once a year. Chris Rea on repeat and we’ll be driving home for Christmas with those last minute ‘get out of jail’ presents
So are you mostly an a), b) or c)?
There is no right or wrong – all end up celebrating the day and bring their own uniqueness to the festive fun. It’s a neat lesson for us in that life is like this all year round with different people doing things in their own way, seeking to achieve a broadly similar outcome just using a variety of means.
We urge patience at Christmas, so take the same approach at other times. Embrace diversity and ‘admire’ those who do things in a different way to you…..
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