Random Acts of Christmas - Day 1 || Candycane Bombing a Parking Lot with Notes of Joy!
Hi Steemit Family!
It is exactly one week until Christmas, and last night it struck me that I have been so busy with decorating, shopping and getting ready for Christmas, that I haven’t really stopped to do something truly thoughtful this holiday season.
I recently ran across @lindsaybowes initiative to spread love and encouragement called Operation Human Angel and was really moved by how impactful random act of kindness can be. I love her approach, because it doesn’t need to cost a lot of money to spread kindness and love in the world.
All of these thoughts and ideas merged together and the phrase “Random Acts of Christmas” popped into my head. My whole body felt exhilarated by the idea of coming up with fun ways to be kind to others this week, and so I knew that I needed to make it happen. I don’t know if this falls exactly under the vision of operation human angels, or of the good news tag, so please let me know if it doesn’t! I will be doing a random act of kindness every day between now and Christmas.
I sincerely hope that others decide to join in and do a random act of Christmas kindness within the next week. :-) It could be as simple as leaving a Christmas card for the mailman, or bringing cookies to your favorite grocery clerk, or writing thoughtful notes and leaving on that your neighbors doors.
If you decide to join in, please use the “randomactsofchristmas” tag so that I can find your post and give you some encouragement! Even if you don’t post an article about it, I hope this series makes you stop and think for a moment about the people in your life that you could do something kind an unexpected for. :-)
Day 1 - Candycane Bombing a Parking Lot with Notes of Joy
How often do you come out to your car and find something on your windshield? Almost never. How many of those times is it some weird spammy sales thing? 9. 5/10. How much better would it be to find a thoughtful note from a complete stranger? Way better than that spammy sale stuff for sure.
Making these little notes and tying a candy cane with ribbon could not have been easier. :-) I used a little red card stock I had laying around, a hole punch, some white ribbon, and some dollar store candy canes. It was actually a lot of fun to put these together!
All in all, it probably took me only 30-45 minutes to prepare everything, including making the tags and assembling all of the candy canes. I did three dozen in total.
Which parking lot to choose?
I decided to go to my local Trader Joe’s. They are always so busy and have limited space for parking. People tend to fight over spots and can get easily aggravated by circling the parking lot. All of these people that feel rushed to just run in and get the groceries seem like the perfect candidate for a random act of Christmas. I can definitely understand their struggle though, I started to feel a little annoyed myself when I couldn’t find a spot today Maybe I needed a candycane too. ;)
Total Cost for this Random Act of Christmas : $3!
It doesn’t have to take a lot of money to do something unexpected and thoughtful. I hope you stay tuned to see tomorrow’s Random Act of Christmas, and I hope that you decide to jump in and do some yourself!
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Soooooo Beautiful. It was such a great idea to mix Op Human Angels with a Christmas theme. Way to go. I know I would have loved to get back to my car in that busy parking lot and find a nice note with a candy cane on it.
This is definitey classified as #thegoodnews and I thank you for using the tag.
Awesome Post @coruscate
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment @hendrix22! I think your new tag is such a great idea, and I would love to see it grow! Also, thanks for confirming that this was a good use of the tag. :-) Good to know that I’m in the clear!
You did amazing :)
Great idea! Very kind and generous... we need more of this everywhere!
Aww thanks @brian.rrr! It’s going to be a fun week filled with great moments. 😊
super cute, yeah walking to the shops with @dayleeo last night she found an angel that had been hand knitted -- 'please take me' -- 'spread hope and love' on the other. i'm sure she will blog about it.
Wow, that’s so sweet!! What a cool way to spread joy this season. Making hand knitted angels must have taken a long time too. I’ll definitely keep my eye out on @dayleeo’s blog in case she posts about it! 😊
she will she's just resting. she's been going hard on yoga this month and general over the seas ordering for family of christmas stuff. lot of logistics. i actually made the italian lady take a nap. i know she will feel better for it! :) she's sleeping a few metres away from me right now ;)
Haha good job!! Sounds like a crazy busy month... and so I’m sure the nap will help!
Stopping to breath or rest when life gets that hectic is often a lifesaver. (At least for me and my sanity!) 😜
absolutely. you gotta have quality time outs. makes the highs better and the lows easier to deal with,
Love this! You are so awesome :)
Thanks babe! 😘
That is such a sweet and thoughtful thing to do. Emphasis on sweet :p
Hahaha well played.
Yeah amazing ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤! you are giving everyone surprise when they will come back to see that sweet wishes they will be must be so happy :) Love to see that ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Aww thanks @mzee! Also, thanks for always stopping by in supporting my posts! I feel like we are quickly becoming Steemit friends! :-)
WE are good friends indeed ;) and Please keep smile up :) As I am :)
Damn. That's a great idea. I wish I had thought of it.
Feel free to steal it! 😉
I can't.. okay I won't.. it feels like cheating at the game... but dammit it was a great idea..
Awesome idea. I must say that I think the emotions will range from panic, to relief, then to elation, when they see that their cars don't have parking tickets on them from across the lot. If you used orange paper, oh man, so good...
Thumbs up.
Hahah I didn’t think of that! Your right, people probably had a small moment of panic first!
beautiful detail for christmas C=
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