I love Christmas, I love go out and see decoration (I create a list with places do see decoration), I love Santa Claus, I am adult but I think there are a magic in Santa Claus and this is not just to kids.
In my country, the post office receive many letters that kids write to Santa Claus, so we can go in post office choose one letter, buy the present and post office delivery this for free to kids.
I already did this, this is exciting thinking about one kid receiving Santa Claus in home with a present. There are letters with simple present like ball, toy car, doll.
I create a list in google, with some post office address and I share this with my friends, this is more easy to found in a list.
If we prefer, we can adopt a letter in internet, but I think this is not so magic.
That is truly in the Christmas spirit, what an amazing way of donating presents to the children. In my country of Denmark we have a similar way of giving to the less fortunate, where you can donate toys to city hall, who will then deliver them as presents to children of poor families. You can also donate food and care packages for families.
In my opinion this is exactly what Christmas is about. Giving and helping other people in need.
Christmas is so loved in Finland and the entire town is lit with lights everywhere. It’s my favorite holiday, because its spent with loved ones!
Last Christmas, I had a great chance to be in Amsterdam, and just like in Helsinki, everything was so beautifully decorated and lit. It truly brings out the Christmas spirit. What’s your favorite thing about the holiday?
@DanniS I would like to know this city in Finland because santa claus lives there Rovaniemi.
In my city, we have many hotspots with Christmas decoration.
In my state my favourite place to see Christmas decoration it is Guararema country side city they do the decoration with recycled products, specially plastic bottles.
And around the world Funchal, a city in Madeira island, I was there many years ago and I felt like inside a magic place.
Those are really cool decorations @alexandradias ! What a great idea to reuse plastic bottles! I’ve never been to your city, but I’m sure it will be an interesting experience without the snow :). Oh yes, if you really love Christmas, then Lapland and Rovaniemi are the places to be. You can take a reindeer ride and enjoy warm cups of tea and The Santa Claus town is really like a fairy tale.
Hi @alexandradias This is a lovely idea the post office , In Ireland all children bring in to school one item of food and a little toy if they wish then a charity named, Vincent De Paul come and collect it and make hampers for poor families in local areas of school. The charity also goes to supermarket and asks people to pick an extra item when doing their shopping for the charity to make food hampers/parcels. Children can also put their letter to Santa Claus in any post/mail box and the post office send each child a big post card from Santa In Lapland, with photo of Santa and Reindeers and say he got their letters. My children did this when they were younger and felt so special when a card from Santa in Lapland came through the door. Also the school children sing Christmas Carroll’s at shopping centers to raise money for children. When my children were younger in school, they would send gifts and presents to the children in Chernobyl – to the orphans of Chernobyl, I would buy little toys, books and hats and gloves and put them in a box with a letter and a Christmas card. Each child at school here would be told if they had a boy or girl to shop for. It was nice and also teach children in Ireland, how lucky they were
Wow, how insightful. I am really inspired by your post.
For me, the routine had always been to travel home to my family; some sort of family reunion as i work and reside away from home.
I would check up on old friends around , we catch up on old times we gather at my parents home and eat and drink and make merry with other family members including neighbors.
Then we gist, make jokes on one another, laugh, play video games, in fact, it’s fun all day.
But, i would love to take a cue from your insight and make a little difference this year.
Que posts legal hem. Nossa eu sempre gostei do Natal também mas durante o tempo em que morei no Estados Unidos ele parecia sempre mágico, como nos filmes.
Além das competições de decorações entre as casas no meu bairro, haviam algumas casas que levavam a celebração do Natal para outro nível. Durante a noite esses casa proporcionavam um espetáculo literalmente com direito a show de luzes e teatro, eram incríveis. As programações eram inclusives anunciadas nas rádios.
@FelipePK imagino como deve ser o Natal nos EUA, magico como nós filmes.
Aqui em SP uns 10 anos atrás as decorações eram muito mais lindas e me lembro que em alguns bairros também teve competição, depois começou a crise e nunca mais foi a mesma coisa, mas mesmo assim eu adoro sair para ver as decorações, ainda há lugares bem decorados.
É bem bonito mesmo viu meninas, mas ainda não está tão frio ainda para dizer a verdade. Além de bonita ela é bem inconveniente, meu carro está parado na rua, depois vai dar um trabalho para limpar ele hehehe. Eu fiquei surpreso com a quantidade de neve porque ontem não estava assim tão frio.
Aqui no inverno as temperaturas baixam muito, vão até -20°C.
