It's Christmas Day came and it’s been the best Christmas. This is the first year my family have been able to spend time together over the Christmas period.

It was just the four of us and it’s been brilliant. We decided to make our day a pyjama day and spent our day doing absolutely nothing.

We opened presents, got washed, watched a film mid morning and had a leisurely snack for lunch and just chilled all day. With no extra family in attendance, it was the best day ever.

When it comes to Christmas, families are always expected to come together, but sometimes just being on your own with your immediate family, makes it that extra bit special.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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8 comments on “Christmas Day”

  1. So did we. It snowed here and we didn't go anywhere. It was just us and it was extra special since it was our grand-daughters first Christmas. Of course she slept all day but it was nice anyway.

    My other daughter and her boyfriend came over that morning and we opened gifts with them. So we had a very quiet Christmas watching the pretty snow fall. Its our first Christmas with snow in years!

    I'm glad you had a nice quiet Christmas with your family. Hugs, Lisa

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  2. So glad to hear that you made the most of your day Ilana. So glad to know that your day was blessed.

    I went to my family and we had a nice Christmas dinner. Came home to find Brian in a pool of tears (long story for another time). May all your days be as nice as Christmas day was for you all.

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    1. Thanks Maria. I was glad to hear about your Christmas dinner and hope everything is okay with Brian today. Please keep in touch with me.

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