Wish You a Merry Christmas!

It is the entire duration of this festive season that symbolizes a positivity in life.

[Photo: ©Vickey Maverick.]

I wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year,
A pantryful of good roast-beef,
And barrels full of beer.

Frohe Weinachten

Feliz Navidad

Buon Natale

Joyeux Noël

Vrolijk kerstfeest

Feliz Natal

God Jul

Hyvää joulua!

Wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia

Crăciun fericit

Veselé Vánoce

Wishing you a Merry Christmas in every language that I can remember. In fact, you have been wished in 11 different languages above. Add the English version, and you have a dozen wishes to cherish, one for each month of the year.

I am not very religious, but what I do like about the month of December is the fact that it marks the end of one year and the beginning of another. Every year, be it good or bad, needs to be given a proper send-off. Likewise, every new year deserves a grand welcome.

To me, it is this positivity that symbolizes life. As such, I eagerly wait for the end of the year, or rather, the beginning of the…