By Netnet Camomot
IT may not be politically correct to claim you are blessed, which somehow hints that the rest of the world is not.
Say a prayer for the rest of the world then. If you’re an atheist, inhale, exhale. Those who still have the stamina to make this world a better place should make this world a better place, for there are people who are already too tired to accomplish and achieve what’s expected of them.
A depressed person needs someone who can listen to him without judging him. Which I guess is also true even for those who are as happy as Santa Claus.
That’s the Santa Claus who’s now “making a list, he’s checking it twice/Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice.”
It’s the thought that counts. Someone remembered to give you a Christmas gift amidst the traffic, parties, vacation preparations, noche buena, and media noche.
For the last-minute shopper, that gift will be purchased on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve, right before the clock strikes midnight.
The nearer the gift-shopping is to any of the Eves, the more exciting it will be. Yay! Until you’re buying 2020 planners for all. By the way, those planners are flying off bookstore shelves, coveted by people who don’t trust their smartphone’s calendar.
But did you know that millennial women now prefer luxury bags and travel over jewelry? They’re somehow saving the environment by not buying gold, diamonds, and other precious stones. No wonder costume jewelry is in.
The secret to buying jewelry, though, is to choose classic pieces and avoid designs that could look dated in a few years. If you’ve seen your grandma’s jewelry, you know what I’m talking about.
Clothes, bags, shoes, and accessories, however, have no particular styles now. Wear whatever you like, and you’ll still look fine. But if you’re giving them as Christmas gifts, be familiar first with the giftee’s taste. Say, don’t give a necklace to someone who doesn’t wear necklaces. Or costume jewelry to someone who’s allergic to them. Or a dog to the piggy collector. Hehe.
As for food, it depends on the giftee’s current diet. Don’t give ham to a vegan. Or seafood to someone who’s allergic to them. Or lechon to the piggy collector. Hehe.
And just because the bookworm reads, it doesn’t mean he will now like any book you give him—either the story doesn’t resonate with him or he has already read that book. But he will definitely like pens. Ball pens. Sign pens. Whatever pens. Because people who read a lot also write a lot.
Better ask a friend what his wish list is since that’s the personal version of a gift registry.
“Why don’t you give love on Christmas Day/Oh even the man who has everything/Would be so happy if you would bring/Him love on Christmas Day/No greater gift is there than love.”
Yes, love is the best gift ever. Plus other positive intangibles such as kindness and compassion.
But there’s Presidential Decree 1563 or the Anti-Mendicancy Law which prohibits begging on the streets. So, don’t give alms to beggars who knock on car windows, or the homeless who practically live on sidewalks. Let’s not encourage them to add more chaos to the country’s traffic situation.
There are other ways to be kind and the Department of Social Welfare and Development is one of the agencies that can lead us to the communities that need much help.
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