Festive Fears - The Horrors of December
Ashleigh Leung
It's the season.
It's the season of family fun, dancing with friends, celebrating Jesus Christ and mumbling out of tune Christmas carols in freezing cold churches.
But is it really?
In reality, it seems more like the season of the enlargement of the hole in your wallet. It's the season where the deadlines of thirty thousand papers and revision are set; not to mention, it’s the season of a hell of a lot of procrastination and stress.
Now, most people absolutely love December and Christmas festivity and these people are most likely to defend it from critics, like mama bears protecting their cubs. Seriously, they can be so fierce, that there may be a of trail blood and tears left on the streets. Then, far, far, far on the other side of the spectrum, lies the remainder of people who detest everything about December. Bah humbugs!
Now, I don't consider myself to be a Scrooge; I personally love Christmas and everything festive that revolves around it. But, seeing the inevitable stress induced mental breakdown, due to the upward slope of work coming closer and closer until it hits you like a boulder of exams and responsibility is a little hard to ignore.
That, to be fair, is not a big deal on its own, as it is the same thing leading up to Easter, but what about finding gifts? As well as studying for 40 exams, we're expected to buy perfect, thoughtful gifts for all of our friends and family members. It can’t just be a last minute find – isn't that a bit much?
On the one hand, the world is promoting the Christmas cheer with the release of the annual John Lewis advert, Michael Bublé, having awkward class 'parties' and obviously, the fulfilment of the love of Christ. In which case, who are we to not get on board with these celebrations and amusements? On the other hand, there are 500 papers due in for January and 400 exams to study for – and we’ve all been told a million times how important these are. So perhaps we should all be getting our heads down and working hard?
In conclusion, society practically shuts down for about two weeks, leading up to January. Then, we're all forced to face up to the responsibility and terror we have been putting off through the Christmas holidays. So perhaps, we need to hit a balance between holding a mince pie in one hand and nursing a blister, from the frantic writing, on the other.
Good luck.
It's the season of family fun, dancing with friends, celebrating Jesus Christ and mumbling out of tune Christmas carols in freezing cold churches.
But is it really?
In reality, it seems more like the season of the enlargement of the hole in your wallet. It's the season where the deadlines of thirty thousand papers and revision are set; not to mention, it’s the season of a hell of a lot of procrastination and stress.
Now, most people absolutely love December and Christmas festivity and these people are most likely to defend it from critics, like mama bears protecting their cubs. Seriously, they can be so fierce, that there may be a of trail blood and tears left on the streets. Then, far, far, far on the other side of the spectrum, lies the remainder of people who detest everything about December. Bah humbugs!
Now, I don't consider myself to be a Scrooge; I personally love Christmas and everything festive that revolves around it. But, seeing the inevitable stress induced mental breakdown, due to the upward slope of work coming closer and closer until it hits you like a boulder of exams and responsibility is a little hard to ignore.
That, to be fair, is not a big deal on its own, as it is the same thing leading up to Easter, but what about finding gifts? As well as studying for 40 exams, we're expected to buy perfect, thoughtful gifts for all of our friends and family members. It can’t just be a last minute find – isn't that a bit much?
On the one hand, the world is promoting the Christmas cheer with the release of the annual John Lewis advert, Michael Bublé, having awkward class 'parties' and obviously, the fulfilment of the love of Christ. In which case, who are we to not get on board with these celebrations and amusements? On the other hand, there are 500 papers due in for January and 400 exams to study for – and we’ve all been told a million times how important these are. So perhaps we should all be getting our heads down and working hard?
In conclusion, society practically shuts down for about two weeks, leading up to January. Then, we're all forced to face up to the responsibility and terror we have been putting off through the Christmas holidays. So perhaps, we need to hit a balance between holding a mince pie in one hand and nursing a blister, from the frantic writing, on the other.
Good luck.