A Christmas message

Hi, it's very nice to see you here.

Things get a little bit weird once you're growing up. Believe me, I totally get it. Christmas is definitely one of those examples.

It just took the blink of an eye to notice that you're not a kid anymore, suddenly the magic-is-gone-ish feeling gets in the back of your head, it's quite difficult to ignore that little voice; I really get that too. However, it is indeed just in your head.

Things are not the same, they'll never be and that's a fact. But someone really important for me told me that the magic will only be present if I wanted it that way, it depended on me now; I'm not a kid anymore.

Even though things still feel a little different, I still hear kids playing with fireworks, loud music is still in the background, delicious food on the table, gifts under the Christmas tree; everything is still there, the magic is still there. It has never gone away in the first place.

I've always loved Christmas, and everything related to it. Venezuelan Christmas has this charm that is impossible to ignore, irreplaceable; it's something that I'd take with me no matter where I am. The party, the energy, the tradition. It's a part of me, a part of all the people around me. It's a part of us.

I've been in a very negative state of mind that wouldn't have changed if it weren't for that reality check that I got from that very same person that told me everything depended on me now... I'm a very stubborn guy, most of the time, and I've paid the price for it too.

In the end, it was true. The magic was still on me, I was able to make it possible by just moving, acting, not waiting for someone else to do it. It seems so simple, though to me it really was not.

Christmas is, and always will be, my favorite holiday. It's a moment where we forget about the outside world, we focus on our families, our closed friends, every person that means something to us. We portray that with time together, with gifts, with dancing, with eating, games, laughs, us. And that's something that will always be a band-aid on our hearts.

It took me a while to realize what actually mattered. I'm guilty as sin. It's better sooner than later, I guess.

I hope y'all are having a good time and that y'all are remembering what actually matters.

Merry Christmas.