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Ways of celebrating

Some folk kill two birds with one stone: by booking a short holiday abroad they can escape miserable winter weather and the strained atmosphere of a family Christmas with the relatives.Ok, so flying to warm and exotic climes is great for people who live in cold winter climates.

But how do you celebrate Christmas when your year-round climate is warm, or even tropical?

For instance, in California, where suntans and palm trees replace traditional Christmas images of snow and sleighs, ff14 gilthere are some Christmas traditions which may seem unusual to those used to more traditional images.

In Santa Cruz, California, Santa Claus arrives on a surfboard, wearing a red wetsuit. As long as he comes bearing presents, Surfing Santa would probably be welcome anywhere.In Australia, many young people enjoy the warm weather with a beach barbecue and cold beer. In recent years, Bondi Beach has become a magnet for overseas visitors to gather and celebrate. It’s not uncommon for numbers to reach 40,000 on Christmas day.FF14 Power levelingIn cooler climes, many young people simply see Christmas as a time to escape their immediate families and celebrate with friends.Large amounts of alcohol are usually involved. Parents are not.

We all know the feeling: you receive the kind of gift that you wouldn’t choose for yourself in a million years. But you have to grin and bear it pretending that you love your new present.

To avoid inflicting this experience on others, many people give gift vouchers at Christmas.They simply go to a big store that they know the gift recipient likes, and buy them a voucher for the store.With this the recipient can buy whatever they like and everyone is spared embarrassment.

Get switched on this Xmas

The new generation is trendy and tech savvy. buy runescape goldAs a result, digital and electronic gadgets feature highly on many young people’s Christmas wish lists. Not surprisingly, then, the Guardian’s top five Christmas gifts for modern young people in 2010 are:

1. Apple’s iPad: The iPad is probably one of the hottest items of 2010. No matter how you look at it, almost everybody wants one.

2. Microsoft’s Xbox Kinnect: Microsoft’s latest games consol puts you firmly in control. You’ll soon be acting out the games right in your home!

3. Digital Cameras: Christmas is the perfect time to give this gift that can help you to capture those special seasonal memories in crystal clear images. Digital cameras are not as expensive as they used to be, either. You can snap up a bargain for as little as $100 (665 yuan).

4. New Apple iPod Touch:rs gold What Christmas wish list would be complete without an iPod? If an iPad seems beyond your reach, then Apple’s latest Touch is the next best thing!

5. The ZiiSound D5 wireless stereo system: There is nothing more soothing or satisfying than listening to your favorite music on a great sound system. Besides its elegant looks, the ZiiSound D5 is wireless and works with most types of media player.

Some young people have become disillusioned with how commercialized Christmas has become.As a result, they try to break with established traditions.runescape money What do they do to get more out of Christmas?

Ways of celebrating

Some folk kill two birds with one stone: by booking a short holiday abroad they can escape miserable winter weather and the strained atmosphere of a family Christmas with the relatives.Ok, so flying to warm and exotic climes is great for people who live in cold winter climates.

But how do you celebrate Christmas when your year-round climate is warm, or even tropical?

For instance, in California, where suntans and palm trees replace traditional Christmas images of snow and sleighs, ff14 gilthere are some Christmas traditions which may seem unusual to those used to more traditional images.

In Santa Cruz, California, Santa Claus arrives on a surfboard, wearing a red wetsuit. As long as he comes bearing presents, Surfing Santa would probably be welcome anywhere.In Australia, many young people enjoy the warm weather with a beach barbecue and cold beer. In recent years, Bondi Beach has become a magnet for overseas visitors to gather and celebrate. It’s not uncommon for numbers to reach 40,000 on Christmas day.FF14 Power levelingIn cooler climes, many young people simply see Christmas as a time to escape their immediate families and celebrate with friends.Large amounts of alcohol are usually involved. Parents are not.

We all know the feeling: you receive the kind of gift that you wouldn’t choose for yourself in a million years. But you have to grin and bear it pretending that you love your new present.

To avoid inflicting this experience on others, many people give gift vouchers at Christmas.They simply go to a big store that they know the gift recipient likes, and buy them a voucher for the store.With this the recipient can buy whatever they like and everyone is spared embarrassment.

Get switched on this Xmas

The new generation is trendy and tech savvy. buy runescape goldAs a result, digital and electronic gadgets feature highly on many young people’s Christmas wish lists. Not surprisingly, then, the Guardian’s top five Christmas gifts for modern young people in 2010 are:

1. Apple’s iPad: The iPad is probably one of the hottest items of 2010. No matter how you look at it, almost everybody wants one.

2. Microsoft’s Xbox Kinnect: Microsoft’s latest games consol puts you firmly in control. You’ll soon be acting out the games right in your home!

3. Digital Cameras: Christmas is the perfect time to give this gift that can help you to capture those special seasonal memories in crystal clear images. Digital cameras are not as expensive as they used to be, either. You can snap up a bargain for as little as $100 (665 yuan).

4. New Apple iPod Touch:rs gold What Christmas wish list would be complete without an iPod? If an iPad seems beyond your reach, then Apple’s latest Touch is the next best thing!

5. The ZiiSound D5 wireless stereo system: There is nothing more soothing or satisfying than listening to your favorite music on a great sound system. Besides its elegant looks, the ZiiSound D5 is wireless and works with most types of media player.

Laughter is a key to happiness. Yep, in fact, laughter is the most important aspect to being happy -- no Prozac required! We often forget that laughter is a very essence of our spirit.

Laughter relates to communication, too. When we greet one another in America we say "Hello" which is similar to the Hawaiian's "Aloha".ff14 gilAlo - meaning in the presence of and Ha - the divine. (See Belinda Farrell's article on Forgiveness for more about Aloha.) The expression Hello was probably originally Ha llo... !

Look at the efforts people will put into making other people laugh. We have TV shows such as David Letterman, Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Friends, The Simpsons, Cheers, etc., which all strive to make people laugh.FFXIV Power leveling A whole category of films are classified as comedies. Why? People love to laugh! Clowns at the circus dress funny and do goofy things to make kids (and adults) laugh, sometimes until they cry.

In theatre, there is the happy, laughing face always portrayed opposite the sad, crying face (comedy & tragedy). William Shakespeare utilized both in his plays. While we have the tense tragedy in Hamlet, Macbeth or Othello we have the humor in Midsummer Night's Dream or Much Ado About Nothing. Yet, even in tragedy, humor is often used to relax the audience during the most tense moments. Alfred Hitchcock was a master of utilizing humor in tense moments in his films of the 40's, 50's and 60's.

In business settings, I have found that when a manager or customer has asked me a question and I felt completely at a loss for (when I should have known the answer) the only escape is to make a joke.buy runescape gold This relieves the situation and tended to allow people to forgive me for my mistake.

There is a time and a place for humor. If we run around laughing in a church when someone just died we might offend (I've always hoped people would laugh at my funeral though).

Here are 5 ways to incorporate more laughter (and more power of HA) into your life:

If you feel goofy, let it out.

Feel free to encourage someone through laughing with them.

Watch more comedies than tragedies (or certainly than horror).

Listen to music or read a book that makes you laugh.

Start laughing for no reason at all. (ok, be careful where you try this one - don't want you to get locked away!)

If you computer just crashed maybe that was nature's way of playing a little joke on you. Rather than get mad, laugh it off! Ok, easier said than done - it happened to me in June, 2000 (and again in February, 2001! - O.K., this was not as funny the second time!). Certainly there are things we can smile and laugh about during the event, rather than after it occurs. Laughter will nourish your soul. Let your eyes smile and twinkle like the eyes of a child. If you've forgotten how to laugh, go to a park and watch children play. They laugh about all kinds of goofy things.runescape money Unserious your life and let laughter back in -- and watch as you become happier, the natural way.