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
Listen to my podcast with Meik Wiking about making your holiday season more memorable:

Content: 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. But while we advocate striving for mature manhood here on AoM, we also believe that paradoxically enough, the mature man is someone who retains a good deal of his boyish spirit. He simply knows how to harness it — when to reign it in and when to let it out. The holiday season is an appropriate time for the latter. I don’t know if there’s anything distinctly manly about the holiday season, but I do know that I’ve always really admired men who truly get into it. The men who don red vests and cheesy sweaters, who put up elaborate light displays and put on Santa suits, the ones who delight in finding just the right gift for people, and who just seem . . .