Many young kids look forward to the winter season and the fun experiences involving family, school and friends that come with this season. However the winter season for several teens and adults comes with a large workload, and creates stress from the holidays instead of remembering the more positive feelings. Many of the stress teens face comes with midterms, applying to colleges, which also falls with being accepted into colleges, and being dropped with loads of work that teachers try to cram in before break. Many adults deal with loads of work involving buying loads of presents and trying to find everything that loved ones want, hosting holiday parties, and finishing work that needs to be done for their companies before they take their time off for break.
The best way to bring back high winter spirits for teens and adults is to revive nostalgic memories. Reminiscing on the memories you had as a child rekindles the fun and carefree memories that we grew up with. Bringing back these memories can include baking at home, watching movies with family, playing out in the snow or visiting the city. If driving places do not fit into your schedule, there are still many other options for things to do at home. Most people do not enjoy staying in, but some of the best times can be created right by your house. On a cold miserable day, it is easy to want to stay in bed and not do anything. For some people laying around all day doesn’t increase their spirits, but there are still so many easy and enjoyable activities to do. Being with friends or family truly is one of the best ways to increase your mood. Putting on a movie—which is similar to the holiday mood—and making a fresh batch of cookies and hot chocolate is a simple way to have a relaxing night, release all the built up stress and just build up the good feelings of winter.
Living in Massachusetts, we get to experience all four seasons, and only one includes snow falling down from the sky. Many people dislike snow, which can be understandable. Quite a lot of individuals do not appreciate the chilled, and wet feeling after being out in the snow, but there are so many enjoyable possibilities that can come out from the snow. Simply watching snow slowly fall from the sky can be one of the most mesmerizing and peaceful moments to take advantage of. Going out with friends and sledding down a close hill, no matter how short or tall it is. Even piling up snow and having a snowball fight can be just what you need. There is also always the option for a simple snowman to be made. Although it may not seem like it, even just shoveling snow outside with your parents can be enjoyable.
Winter is enjoyed the most when you just have a positive attitude and enjoy the little things, instead of feeling like you’re missing something or want to be somewhere you’re not. To enjoy the winter season you simply just need to have the right mindset, and bring back memories that you enjoy and can easily do. Winter does not need to be a miserable time of the year, and should be an enjoyable time for everyone to relieve stress, spend time with family or friends, go out or just stay in and have fun. It is a time to make memories and enjoy the things that are taking place in the moment.

As people get older some may say their holiday spirit gets lost with that age. As a kid, the holidays are filled with fun activities, snowy weather and spending quality time with family. So what happened to all that fun? Age is a heavy reason for the sudden decline of holiday spirit. Peoples’ priorities as they grow up turn from baking cookies and watching movies to exams, sports, and overall teenage stress. Fixing this problem can seem simple, by laying off any work over break, but is much more complicated. You cannot stop doing work over the holidays but you can evenly manage this time of year with the stress of work. The nostalgia of holidays as a kid and how much more free and happy you were can also make someone even more upset during the season. Clinging on to the fun from a youth during this time of the year does more harm than good, and if a person lets go of their childhood they can begin to appreciate their current age and how they can make their holidays enjoyable. Although the holiday season is not exactly the same as it was when people are younger does not necessarily mean you cannot enjoy that time of year. Actually, the older age can lead to even more activities and ways to make the holidays fun. People with driver’s licenses can take part in winter festivities on their own time and holiday parties can be easier to attend.
“Forced happiness makes us feel more sad, upset and lonely because we are faking our feelings..Putting on a false front to impress others or prove to them how fine we really are can make us feel like a total impostor,” Dr. Judith Orloff said in a New York Times (NYT) article about holiday spirit by Marissa Miller.This evidently shows that faking holiday spirit and forcing ourselves to be joyful can make someone even angrier. Instead of sitting inside being upset about not feeling the same holiday spirit, people can do something about it and have so much fun that they do not even realize the holiday spirit has come back. The NYT article also says that friends and classmates you see on the internet having the “perfect” holiday season is not always true. The article says that if ones, “FOMO” kicks in when viewing social media people can remind themselves social media is hardly accurate. Making your own fun and creating your own happiness during the holidays can be easy if you spend time with the right people and doing the right activities.