It’s the middle of October! There are two types of people at this current point in the year: The ones who are only a matter of weeks away from Christmas songs and decorations and the others who are just coming to terms with how dark the evenings are and can’t look past the deadlines already beginning to pile up.
Regardless of which one you are, I want you to take a trip down memory lane and think about Christmas during primary school: The Nativity, singing Carols, decorating your classrooms, spending the last week watching Christmas films, and of course receiving Christmas cards from the rest of your class. Christmas cards were a tradition and for me receiving them at that young age helped me get into the festive spirit.
However, the older I’ve got, the fewer cards I receive, and, in all honesty, I can’t remember the last Christmas card I sent! I send the odd text on Christmas day and that’s about it.
The older I’ve got, the fewer cards I receive, and, in all honesty, I can’t remember the last Christmas card I sent!
We live in a society where many struggle to connect to the people around them day to day, we are all consumed by our anxieties and the rush of everyday life, and we forget to send love to those we care about at arguably the most wholesome time of year. I propose we bring this tradition back. I am not expecting students around Exeter to be flooded with Christmas cards towards the end of term (although if you want to use this article as a movement to do that, please do), just a few cards will do.
Christmas can be a challenging period for many, a few cards to a few close friends reminding them of how brilliant you think they are could really lift them this oncoming Christmas period. For those who never let this tradition slip and have been reaching out and sending love to all those close to them at Christmas: I apologise, I let the side down. But this Christmas I aim to send cards out to those close to me and who knows, like in the old days I might also gift them the classic Chocolate coins, it’s Christmas after all…
