Title: How to Get into the Christmas Spirit | The Art of Manliness
Headings: 11 Ways to Get Into the Holiday Spirit
11 Ways to Get Into the Holiday Spirit
1. Turn on the holiday tunes.
2. Watch some old school Christmas cartoons.
“Christmas Comes But Once a Year”
3. Make some hot chocolate or eggnog.
4. Throw a holiday party.
5. Watch a Christmas movie.
6. Read some Christmas classics.
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. —Roy L. Smith
7. Look at Christmas lights.
8. Put up a tree.
9. Plan a romantic holiday-themed date.
10. Go see A Christmas Carol as a play.
11. Do Service.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. —Charles Dickens
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Content: How to Get into the Christmas Spirit | The Art of Manliness
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Brett & Kate McKay • December 10, 2009 • Last updated: April 21, 2021
11 Ways to Get Into the Holiday Spirit
Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. – Francis C. Farley
There are just two more weeks until Christmas. But you know, it still doesn’t really feel like Christmas to me. I’m currently in the holiday spirit wasteland — that time after you leave adolescence but before the fun of Christmas is reignited by the arrival of Santa Claus-believing children. Some time during this period, typically in college, the holiday season starts to feel like any other time of year. You barely notice it and then suddenly Christmas comes and goes. It’s all part of growing up, of course.