Unopened Gifts

Tis the season for joy, fun and love. Today is the 1st Of December and Christmas is around the corner. We put the tree up at home 2 weeks ago. I love Christmas cos I grew up with it both at school and at home. Though I come from a Hindu and Buddhist family, Christmas was, is and will always be a big part of my life. I went to a Methodist school and my parents loved every bit about this season. So all that and my undying love for Christmas contributed to this early post about Christmas songs and gifts. I sang/sing in many choirs both in school and at prayer centres as part of the annual Christmas functions. (Yes Keshi can sing hehe and sometimes I sing in public all by myself too ooo lala!). Here are my favorite Christmas songs/carols:


White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Last Christmas by WHAM
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley
Jingle Bell Rock by Brenda Lee
Mary's Boy Child by BoneyM
O Holy Night by Mariah Carey
Silent Night by Frank Sinatra
Winter Wonderland by Tony Bennett
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid


And many more beautiful songs. Right now the shopping centres are decorated with Xmas trees and all that glitter. And the songs played fills my heart with joy. I think this is the only season that gets the whole world together. That's why I love Christmas so much. It's also about giving and caring. It reminds us about Love and laughter. The spirit of the season is to fill your heart with joy...not only in December, but always. I donate clothes and gifts to The Smith Family and The Salvation Army every year. Not to satisfy my soul. But to put a smile on someone else's face during this season. There are so many kids around the world who don't have a Christmas tree with presents underneath it at their homes. There are some others who are in hospices awaiting death. Reminds me of my Christmas Day mission 2yrs ago to a hospice with gifts for Cancer patients who were waiting, yeah waiting to die (read my post Glass Daffodils if interested). I will never forget those faces. This year I'm hoping to go to Westmead Children's Hospital (hoping and praying I'd get this marvellous experience in life again). Let the kids realise that Santa could be a girl too hehe. There are so many unopened gifts in all of us that need to be opened and shared. The gifts of love and compassion. The ability to see beyond ourselves and our families. That's the real Christmas gift one can ever have, give and receive. Tap in to your souls and find those unopened gifts this year.

So people, this Christmas will it be different? Apart from giving gifts to each other in your family, how about giving the gift of love to someone who really needs it? Grasp the beauty of reaching out to someone who truly needs the blessing of Christmas more than you and I do. We give little gifts to each other but all some people need is the gift of a smile, a touch and maybe even the gift of life. And they don't have to be strangers...maybe someone in your own family needs your love more than you know. So go out there and light up someone else's lonely Christmas this year. That'll be the best Christmas you'd ever know.

I'd like to know your favorite Christmas songs (/carols) too. So please don't forget to list them down :). And oh I nearly forgot...Shahrukh Khan is in Sydney fliming 'Chak De'...so I might hop into the Olympic Park stadium sometime before the end of the weekend just to get a glance of the guy who mesmerised me with all his charm and all that great acting ;-). I hope he looks my way LOL! If I get to go there, I'll take photos for sure. Have a good one guys!


Current Music: O Holy Night by Mariah Carey