Maybe, just maybe… I might start enjoying Xmas: A Possible Shift in Perspective.

Before you come at me with, ‘Robert, do you hate everything?’ kinda talk. Ask yourself why he hates Christmas so much.

So since you asked kindly, here are my reasons why.

1. Matching clothes.
2. Bright Lights and ugly trees.
3. No one Acknowledges Jesus but just the holidays.
4. Children all around.
5. Teenagers occupy all Nairobi Malls.
6. Hike in prices on transport.
7. People traveling to shags and thus the whole hike of prices.
8. Theft, theft, theft …. a whole lot of theft.

Here are some merits that might cause me to think otherwise of this overrated holiday season. First and foremost my lovely family. Just for context, my wife hasn’t celebrated a lot of Christmas before me as her family wasn’t big on it. As for my family … weeeeeeeh. It was too much. Maybe that’s my childhood trauma. From matching clothes to xmas carols you name it I have seen it all. Then there is my lovely daughter, she just turned 11 months. The happiness in this is beyond this world; this being her first Christmas is enough to shift my perspective.

Second point (Which is my last point), as a consultant or freelancer, this is the season we all wait for. With the right clients for your business, this is the best time to harvest and rest in January. I have run myself to the ground by working overnight so that I can afford to give my family a great holiday, they deserve it. For my wife to relieve her childhood by having a tree, balloons and also tormenting me with Xmas carols plus my daughter enjoying her first Christmas, wearing some new clothes and a million pictures taken of her, that’s enough to change a grown man’s mind.

That’s my perspective on this holiday season.

Have a blessed Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from the Vibe Yetu team.