grace
Since the year 1998 we have thrown Xmas parties for the less privileged at various locations. The first party was at Solitaire our home and this photo is from one of those parties.
We also invite a few others mostly from among the neighbours and friends who lend a helping hand at the party.
These kids have been taken to a park, a beach resort, their own Institute and there have been many parties at Solitaire. The last couple of years seniors from an old age were also invited.
Each party has a theme and the best one was when we had polka dots as the theme. Everything was polka dotted including what the neighbours and friends wore. I just requested them and they obliged. Such was the spirit.
For me Xmas is spending time with the less privileged.
Here is a video clip of one such party organised for the mentally challenged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRlotKEixvg
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Is Xmas special to you?
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That is a great way to celebrate Christmas by giving back
I have been doing this for years and enjoy specially planning for the parties. I have a budget for such parties.
Keep up the good work.
We spend time too with the less privileged around Christmas, though we don’t have parties.
I have a budget for these parties Dawn. I love doing this. There is so much of planning involved which starts right from August as most of bulk items I get from China. They have a wide variety to choose from
For a couple of years, I have been celebrating Christmas alone since I’m in a foreign country.
No one is alone according to my thinking.
True, no one is alone but I prefer to be alone more than in a company. An introvert, I get easily exhausted in a social place.
That is why your handle has the name introvert (lol)
Yah, I lean so much on that personality. I talk a little, spend most of my days alone and weekends I can stay indoors without even coming out.
Christmas is a painful memory time for me but I do put up a little tree and remember the birth of Jesus
Memories do influence our life no doubt. May be you could try and do it in a different perhaps?
There is no one but me so I just have to do the best I can each holiday, Grace
I used to love Christmas but not so much any more. Enjoy!
I also do it now in a different way