youLOVE: on the eighth day of Christmas...
... my youLOVE gave to me...
Eight deeds for doing.
Here’s a quick list of last-minute things you could do to lift someone’s spirit this Christmas (and lift your own at the same time...)
1. Shovel someone’s walk. If you have enough brooms and shovels, this is actually fun with the entire family. Especially if you dress up like clowns or bunnies or something. It’s like caroling, only different.
2. Clean the change from the console of your car and give it to the first Salvation Army bell-ringer or homeless person you come across.
3. Bring a stack of cups and one of those Tim Horton’s boxes of coffee downtown and warm up a few homeless people. (Having some extra mitts and a pack of smokes to share is always good, too.)
4. Volunteer to serve breakfast at a shelter, deliver gifts for Santas Anonymous, or pack parcels for the Christmas Bureau.
5. Bring a box of chocolates to share with your co-workers; if you don’t work with co-workers, bring the box with you and give it to someone who works in an office or place where you receive great service.
6. If you don’t send out Christmas cards in the mail, you can still send out an eCard. Write up an email briefly updating people, wishing them the best of the season, and include a cheesy picture of your family or a link to a youtube video of them singing we wish you a merry Christmas. (I LOVE getting these, even if it isn’t addressed to me and me alone.) Plus, you save postage AND a few trees – yay!
7. Make a Thermos of hot chocolate, grab some cups, and show up at a neighbour’s or a nearby friend’s place with that and some cookies warm from the oven, stay for ONLY 5 minutes, then go home so they can return to being as busy as you are.
8. Make eye contact with everyone you see, SMILE, and wish them a happy holiday.
1. Shovel someone’s walk. If you have enough brooms and shovels, this is actually fun with the entire family. Especially if you dress up like clowns or bunnies or something. It’s like caroling, only different.
2. Clean the change from the console of your car and give it to the first Salvation Army bell-ringer or homeless person you come across.
3. Bring a stack of cups and one of those Tim Horton’s boxes of coffee downtown and warm up a few homeless people. (Having some extra mitts and a pack of smokes to share is always good, too.)
4. Volunteer to serve breakfast at a shelter, deliver gifts for Santas Anonymous, or pack parcels for the Christmas Bureau.
5. Bring a box of chocolates to share with your co-workers; if you don’t work with co-workers, bring the box with you and give it to someone who works in an office or place where you receive great service.
6. If you don’t send out Christmas cards in the mail, you can still send out an eCard. Write up an email briefly updating people, wishing them the best of the season, and include a cheesy picture of your family or a link to a youtube video of them singing we wish you a merry Christmas. (I LOVE getting these, even if it isn’t addressed to me and me alone.) Plus, you save postage AND a few trees – yay!
7. Make a Thermos of hot chocolate, grab some cups, and show up at a neighbour’s or a nearby friend’s place with that and some cookies warm from the oven, stay for ONLY 5 minutes, then go home so they can return to being as busy as you are.
8. Make eye contact with everyone you see, SMILE, and wish them a happy holiday.
Anyone else got some easy ways to spread some holiday cheer?
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