{"id":101280,"date":"2016-12-22T17:22:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.theblondesalad.com\/?p=101280"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:29:11","slug":"how-to-remind-people-that-you-are-the-real-gift-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/how-to\/how-to-remind-people-that-you-are-the-real-gift-here\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remind people that you are the real gift here"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holidays are coming up, bringing their yearly decoration madness\u00a0along with them. Filled with anticipation, we decorate everything, from the heavily draped christmas trees — the more tinsel, the better — to the elaborately glazed cookies — too pretty to eat — to the overload of nicely wrapped presents… Hey, wrapping is an art! It seems like everything becomes glittery artwork at this time of the year… Everything, except ourselves, which is really sad, because let’s be honest, it doesn\u2019t count what you find under the Christmas tree. It doesn\u2019t matter whether your Christmas cookies actually look like edible art, either. The people around you are what really matters in life, and that is a\u00a0fact that we forget too easily. With this in mind, we decided on a pre-New Year’s resolution: this Christmas, we shall make the people around us aware that we are the real present they will get from us. Us, our very presence, being there for them, loving them, being a part of their lives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So, instead of decorating everything else, this year we will dress ourselves up adequately for this task, making our loved ones forget about all the boxes underneath the christmas tree. So, what do you need to become a human present? Loads of glitter, gold, velvet, paillettes and bows. Lots of bows! You\u2019ll look shiny from head to toe, indulging in your passion for glitter with the best excuse ever: you\u2019re doing it for other people’s sake. But no worries, you won’t look like you\u2019re wearing a costume. Put your best smile on your face now, and check out our styling tips below: we promise that this will be your most heartwarming Christmas ever!<\/p>\n\n\t\t