CLICmas #9
Welcome to window #9 of the CLICmas Advent Calendar! If you'd like a window of your own to strut your Christmas stuff in (or should that be stuffing - parp!) and have the chance of winning a Nintendo 3DS then email dan@cliconline.co.uk as soon as possible.
So guys I’m guessing that by now most of you have put up your Christmas decorations, and if not: you need to catch up!
In my house the decorations are up. Not as many as normal for a few reasons:
1 - The electricity prices are way too high this year; normally our house is the brightest in our street, we have hundreds of lights and silhouettes
2 - A change in family circumstances that has meant all the joy of Christmas has been sucked out of us this year
But back to decorations...
You will see shiny decorations going up, big light up ones and all sorts, but we need to think about those who don’t have all that we have. That’s right, I’m talking about the people on the streets this year, and those in third world countries.
I had the pleasure a few years ago to go over to Ghana, and over there they celebrate Christmas but not as we do: they don’t have Christmas trees and lights and presents and everything: no, they go to church; they spend time with their families; they live the day, and share what little they have with those who have nothing.
Yet us Brits are never satisfied with what we receive: it’s like if we don’t like it, we take it back to the store and get the money back. Well I say NO, not this year. I pledge to give the gifts that I don’t want to someone who needs it, someone who needs someone to show compassion and love at this time of year. I pledge to give any gifts that I will never use to T? Hafan Children’s Hospice.
I urge you to join me in this compassion, I ask you to join me, and take my hand, and walk through those doors and give these children the gift of love this year. I ask you to help provide a Christmas and a future for these children in need.
I also ask you to spare a thought this year when you are having your Christmas dinner (or whichever family occasion or religious event you follow) please think about those who have no food this year, those who are on the streets, in the cold.
Also this year I would ask you to check on your elderly neighbours, make sure they are well and if not inform their families asap, let them know the situation. If you don’t know who their families are, tell your parents, let them know.
And for a final thought:
Pets are for life, NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS.
Merry Christmas
Eddie_Secretary
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CLICdan
Commented 17 months ago - 9th December 2011 - 15:10pm
Eddie, you are without doubt a brilliant and selfless guy. Thinking about those less fortunate than yourself is such an admirable thing to do, and you should feel incredibly proud.
That said, I hope you still give some thought to your own happiness. I'm sorry to hear that a change in your family is making this Christmas hard for you. Don't push yourself too hard or neglect your own happiness; you're just as important as those people whose lives you're helping.
I hope you have a great Christmas. And if you ever want to get anything off your chest, even anonymously, I'll be checking the site for submissions every day over the Christmas holidays. We're always here for you.
eddie secretary
Commented 17 months ago - 10th December 2011 - 00:14am
awesomely awesome, and if need be i have your email address anyways hehe, but yea, its helping people that make me happy anyways, and so long as i know that i have loved ones near to me i know that i will be ok, but that said, its also Friends that i have world wide that i know i can turn to for advice and confidential chats, as i know that they have gone through alot before,
oh on another note, i shall be having a Phone Interview with the Childrens Commissioner For Wales in January and i shall be Writing up the Responses as an Article for the CLIC Site, and if the Torfaen Site is live by then it shall also be on there,
one final point if anyone needs a sympathetic ear and a shoulder to lean on im also here, ill be checking my emails most of the time through the holiday period aswell so if anyone needs someone to chat to then i am here, my email is vincent.xavier@hotmail.co.uk