“Mum, Dad, wake up its Christmas”. These were the very words spoken by 1000’s of children as they woke up early to race downstairs and open the presents that had been left by Father Christmas. But the same couldn’t be said for many of the teenagers who lied in bed half-dead, complaining about how miserable their lives were.  This lack of enthusiasm has lead to many teenagers saying that Christmas lost its magic. But has it really?

In my opinion Christmas has always been a bit of an anti-climax. A whole 24 days of build up, that includes church services, cheesy songs, advent calendars and the exchange of presents with long lost members of the family, who you know you wont see until the exact same time next year.

A lot of people forget that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, not the celebration of presents. A lot of this so called ‘forgetfulness” is due to how commercialized Christmas has become. By the late 1900’s Christmas was about who had the most lights on their house and who had bought the biggest turkey. Recent examples of the companies who commercialize Christmas are John Lewis whose Christmas advert always pleases and Coca-Cola who use Santa Claus as their Trademark.

So I would say no Christmas hasn’t lost its magic, but that’s only because there wasn’t any magic to begin with. The so-called magic of Christmas that we know today isn’t real. The magic is made by the speculation of legends, such as Santa Rudolph the red nosed reindeer landing on your roof at night and delivering presents down your chimney. But lets be honest as soon as you realize its your parents putting the presents under the tree, the motivation and excitement that was once held in your body slowly drains away from you. Frankly Christmas might as well be any other given holiday if it wasn’t for the presents.