After a difficult year for most in so many ways, it’s been time to try to wind down. Time with loved ones, friends and family. Time to indulge in diversions away from troubles and stresses. Time to celebrate.
Some will say, “What is there to celebrate”, “How can we celebrate with all our anxieties around the planet?”, or even “It’s wrong!” or “We can’t afford it”. All emotions and opinions honoured.
Religious believers have their own specific reasons. Regardless, the acts of well-wishing, interacting and congregating, all reinforce the human condition of love and the awareness of the power of love. It doesn’t take a feast of overindulgence to celebrate. It can be simple and modest, yet heartfelt.