The clocks have gone back, the evenings are damp and dark, and winter is barrelling its way towards us. Supermarkets have had mince pies and lebkuchen on the shelves for months, the usual suspects are getting themselves in a righteous froth about Xmas being banned, or adverts being insufficiently traditional, and we’ve six more weeks of this nonsense to go. The festive season, don’t you just love it?
At Ignite Villas, we know that we’ll treat this Xmas the same as any other. Which is to say we’ll suddenly realise – generally at teatime on December 23rd – that we’ve completely failed to send cards, buy presents, or secure a nut roast. Odds are we’ll end up fighting a family of five over the last bag of brussel sprouts in Morrisons, and have to settle for the consolation prize of a bottle of Baileys and a straw. Again.
Don’t follow our example – we need that bottle of Baileys more than you, for starters. However you choose to celebrate (or not celebrate) the festive season, do it the way you want to, with the people you want to be with. And if you can, send a little cash the way of folk who need it most – times are hard, and your town is bound to have a charity looking out for families who can’t afford Xmas, who are outside the window looking in.
Share some joy. That’s all that matters. Everything else – the Black Friday hype above all – is just noise.