Dr & Mrs gonzi - MaltaRightNow.com

| LIFE&STYLE |Dr. Gonzi with his familyOren Arnold (Americannovelist & Journalist):‘’Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart.To a customer, service.To all, charity.To every child, a good example.To yourself, respect.’’What do you usually eat for Christmas lunch &who makes it?Christmas lunch is always a treat and brings mywife’s family together. New Year’s Day is reserved forlunch with my side of the family. Cooking is usuallyshared between family members – I’m just happy tobe exempted from the huge task of feeding all, sincecooking was never my forte.What does Christmas mean to you?It represents the time of the year that brings us alltogether as a family and inevitably provides us with anopportunity to reminisce about our earlier years. Moreimportantly it stimulates me to refresh my priorities in life.What doesChristmas meanto you?Christmas takes on different meanings for different people –there are those of us who see it as a spiritual time, a time formeditation and self-discovery. A time to celebrate the birth ofJesus and to rekindle our faith. Some may see it as a time tocatch up with family and friends. Many of us like to just spend,spend and spend as shops and restaurants make loads ofmoney. What about those who start playing Christmas Carolsin the middle of November, or have their Christmas trees upby December first? On the other hand, there are quite a fewwho use this time to get away from it all. And others who abhorthe commercialisation of the period and just moan and gripeabout it… Whatever your take on Christmas, it is nice to enjoythe spirit of giving - especially to those less fortunate thanus – and it is also a great time to step out of the rat race ofeveryday life, spend some decent, quality time with those welove, meditate on the year that’s gone past, and look forwardwith optimism to the year ahead. Is that a soppy, sentimentalthought? Yes, maybe, but no-one can deny its truth…L&s | DECEMBER ’07 25