Now that Christmas week is finally upon us we can all say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. This is the time of year when we feel that wonderful joyous spirit that washes over us and we wish goodwill to all.
The time of year when we set our petty differences aside and treat one another with good cheer. We sing carols, and even if we sing out of key no one minds. We put on a few extra pounds on and put a few extra dollars in the red bucket for the Salvation Army. We exchange gifts and hope that we got the right present for that person. We hold enormous feast with our friends and families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. The bottom line is, we treat others – even strangers – better than we would throughout the rest of the year.
And why is that?
Why is there so much joy in December that we can’t hold onto the next 11 months? The greatest gift we could give ourselves would be to bottle up this month and splash some of it on throughout the year when the going gets tough and we become forgetful of how we felt throughout the holiday season.
Perhaps as the new year begins, we forget December and settle into January and the routine grind of our daily life's, cycling through each month and the events that takes place, like in February when we all think about romance because of Valentine's Day. We know March is set aside for green beer on St. Patrick's Day as we all become Irish for a day. Easter in April, Mother's Day in May, Father's Day in June and so on until we reach December once again.
The difference between December and the other 11 months lies in a single, special day. It's that one day that changes the whole month and fills us with good cheer that grows day-to-day starting with the first of the month until we reach Christmas Day.
Just a week after Christmas comes New Year's Day and all those annual resolutions. We promise ourselves to do some things that will change us or that we're going to do something we haven't yet done, from improving our diet to quitting smoking. But somehow most of us will see those resolutions slip away before May, if they even last that long.
However, some of us will hold true to them. At Table Bay we are committed to making 2016 the best year ever for our partners, advisors, clients, employees, and CPAs.
From all of us here at Table Bay Financial, America’s Tax Solutions, America’s IRA Experts, and Bay Financial Holdings LTD., be joyful this month my friends, and let yourself have a Merry Little Christmas. We'll see you next year!
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