If I have to choose a month in a year, it would be December. It’s not that it’s my birthday month but because I love Christmas. I’ve been surfing the net when I dodged with this article originally written by Toni Tiu entitled HOME GROWN! The article is read as follows:

When the stress level of everyday begins to border on toxic, there is only one way for me to calm down. I open my iTunes, click on one playlist and let the music wash away the negativity I’m feeling. It’s not just any kind of music. It has to be this particular playlist. It has to be my playlist of Christmas songs.

“Christmas time is here, happiness and cheer, fun for all that children call their favorite time of year,” sings the Peanuts Gang from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The holiday jazz gently pulls me away from strained situations and potentially angry confrontations. Listening to Christmas songs has been good in helping me keep my temper. Listening to Christmas songs has been good in taking my stress level down a notch.

This particular album by the Vince Guaraldi Trio calms me significantly because it is the same set I listen to when wrapping gifts during the holidays. It is the soundtrack to my snipping and snapping of ribbons, cutting and crinkling of wrappers. With a mug of hot tea by my side, the twinkling of the Christmas tree lights in my peripheral vision, the music to the soothing giftwrapping moment is like the icing on the cake.

“Snowflakes in the air, carols everywhere, olden times and ancient rhymes of love and dreams to share,” go Charlie Brown and his friends. Any Christmas song can help cool my head, but “Christmas Time Is Here” is my ultimate calm-me-down song. It’s one of the most played songs on my office laptop. I guess that can say a lot about my work environment.

The peaceful and lulling melody of the song brings about a mood more tranquil that I’ve sung it countless times to my baby before bedtime. It unwinds us both as I nurse him and sing him to sleep. Another day has come to a close. Come on little one, let us leave our worries at the door and just enjoy the quiet evening together.

“Sleigh bells in the air, beauty everywhere, yuletide by the fireside and joyful memories there,” share the happy children’s voices. Who doesn’t enjoy Christmas? Who doesn’t associate the holidays with happiness? It’s my favorite season. Thinking about the holidays puts a smile on my face. Sure, there are the long lines to worry about when Christmas shopping. Sure, there may be last-minute meetings to wrap up at work before the holidays begin. Overall, though, the warm, fuzzy feeling only Christmas can give trumps all those realities. I think of Christmas and I feel a little Christmas candle light inside me. I feel a bit more hopeful. I feel a bit more love.

Maybe that’s why Christmas songs calm me like no other music does. It reminds me of the season of hope. It makes me feel that any stressful situation I’m in is only temporary. I end up more serene than when I first clicked “Play.”

Who says Christmas songs are just for December? The feeling of love that’s heightened during the holidays can be felt whenever needed, whenever necessary. “Christmas time is here, we’ll be drawing near, oh, that we could always see, such spirit through the year,” wraps up the choir of little angels. A Christmas song and its comforting spirit can serveanyone well through the year, indeed.

How euphoric it is!.Do you love Christmas too?

Source: yfittopostblog.com

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