Unboxing Boxing Day and New Year

Boxing Day originally was regarded as the day after Christmas when children and adults alike unwrap the gifts Santa Claus dropped for them under the Christmas tree. I know this is all fairy tales and myths so let me give you the more modern version.

It is the day when people remember the less privileged in the society and give to them. They go to the streets and give them gifts and other things just to help them. This is a selfless act that should be commended.

Generosity is an attractive attribute and everyone loves a cheerful giver. Giving is important and people should know that. We should make people know the importance of giving back to the society and helping people in need. It is not all about what you can get from others or what you want for yourself but for once putting others ahead of ourselves. Helping people get things that we see as normal for ourselves but they see it as a luxury. It is not easy out there and most of us know that. The pandemic has made everything worse especially with this new variant. So helping people in need is the least we can do to make the society a better place for everyone.

Boxing Day isn't only about giving it is also a day for celebration for some people. Some might not have been able to celebrate during Christmas so they use this opportunity.

Like in my city, there is this popular party that is done yearly on boxing day. People from all over the city come together to party and have fun together, it is almost like a festival of some sort. I haven't attended any but I hope I will be able to go next year, it seems like a whole lot of fun.

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I was supposed to write this article on the 26th but I wasn't able to. So I decided that I must at least write something down about it in my next article. I hope you were able to get one or two things out of it.

If you are yet to know, today is the last day of the year and a lot of things are going on. Most people are thankful for the grace to see the end of another year and the opportunity to see a new one, they are posting appreciation post on their social media handles to all the people that made 2021 a memorable one. They are also recounting their experiences, the good bad and ugly. The lessons learnt, the people they met and the loved ones they lost.

A lot of people are actually doing this on their WhatsApp status updates. I spent almost the enter day scrolling through people status and seeing them type one or two things about the year. I wasn't mentioned in them, so I wondered if I was a bad person (jokes aside). It just shows how grateful people were and we should be too. The year hasn't been easy on most of us and we can agree on that. Dealing with the pandemic and a bad economy isn't easy coupled with the dip in the value of Cryptocurrency towards the end of the year.

We survived and we should be grateful, it is no mean feat at all. I wish I could post some of the appreciation write ups here but I would be doing that without the permission of the owners which isn't good. Nonetheless we can do likewise and write or talk about how the year was for us. The ups and downs. Our happiest and saddest moments. The life lessons we learnt and the people who made our year a memorable one.

After this, we should lay out a plan for the new year and how we will make it our best year yet. I am not only talking about new year resolutions, I'm also talking about making plans to achieve our goals. We all should make a conscious effort to make 2022 different from 2021 and we can only achieve that by taking actions. Actions that will change your life for the better.

It can be a fresh start for you or just another day. It is your choice to make.

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who made my year. A special shout-out to @Abhay and @Semaj2k21 for introducing me to this platform and taking me through it, you guys are truly the best. I also want to thank the BCH Naija Forum, you guys made me feel at home and you are one big family.

Till next year guys and to those already in the new year, Happy New Year.