I feel like for the first time in a long time, maybe ever, I truly understand what it means when we talk about the spirit of Christmas. I have loved the holiday since my kids were little and every year since. I thought I got the meaning of it.

But now I see the past few years were always so rushed and stressful and often about the wrong things. Christmas is about so much more. Caring for our neighbours. Like truly caring. Helping strangers without needing anything back.

Doing more for others in need and giving more to those who can’t ask for help. It’s not about giving gifts the way I used to but about giving more empathy, showing more compassion, giving anonymously and publicly, not caring about a dinner and the actual day

but about the very essence of what this holiday is about. Love for one another. So I started my Christmas early thru small random acts of kindness. Maybe you all got this spirit of Christmas thing long before I did.

If Covid has even the smallest sliver of a silver lining then, for me, this is it.

So this is Christmas, indeed.