Merry #StillChristmas!! I hope everyone reading had a great Christmas & is having a Happy Holidays. Obviously, we are a few days past Christmas (the 25th), but we are all definitely still dealing with the Christmas aftershock. #StillChristmas is the time when it's not exactly Christmas, but Christmas dust is #still in the air. This is the time when you are either enjoying your gifts, returning a gift before the gift receipt expires, re-gifting a gift you hated, or you might be late with giving out your gifts. No matter what it is, we are all still dealing with some type of after-Christmas activity, therefore it's #StillChristmas! Like why can't Jesus have a birthday week too? There were definitely 2 or 3 disciples that came late with their birthday presents for Jesus. Also, it took the 3 Kings about a week to even get to Jesus in Bethlehem. Idk, I'm locking in w/ the Christmas mood for the rest of the week because why not? If you can have a birthday week, so can my guy, Jesus. If you haven't taken your tree down yet, you can definitely #still celebrate Christmas. It's not like the Christmas tree smell just goes away, you know?

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Also, another thing about #StillChristmas is that Santa definitely has to deal with certain Christmas after effects. I'm sure that after Santa finishes his Christmas duties, he has to go back to the North Pole & continue on with his life. Obviously after a lil 🤪 from Mrs. Claus & a series of heavy naps, Santa still has to prepare for 2024 Q1 next year, which means tying up some loose ends from 2023. He's definitely going over that list a 3rd time to see if he missed anyone on his list. So if you didn't get anything from Santa, you never know; he might just spin the block & get you what you need. I'm sure there's a short neutral list that Santa needs to think about before making a late decision on giving them presents. These people get their gifts during #StillChristmas & it's a very important time. It's time we start acknowledging & embracing this era during the Holiday Season.

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Shoutout to NSYNC for dropping this absolute banger of a holiday record. Like on Christmas, I had to get something from the grocery store & this song was playing over the loud speaker. At that moment, it really hit me that this really might be the best Christmas song out there. Like let's be real; there's simply no other Christmas song that can duplicate this level of W. There's just the perfect amount of celebratory glee submerged into this record. They sound like they are really rooting for our enjoyment of the holidays, which I greatly appreciate. Some Christmas songs can be depressing, but not this one! This song is DEFINITELY on the #StillChristmas playlist. Kinda like how "Die Hard" & "Friday After Next" are #StillChristmas movies.

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For me, Christmas was cool this year. I got time to spend w/ family & eat some good food. I didn't get bombarded w/ gifts, but I'm grateful for what I did receive from others. As you get older, you reach a transition period during Christmas where you slowly become the gift-giver instead of the gift-receiver. It's a slow, but inevitable, process for most people. You start to even find joy in buying people good Christmas presents. No one wants to be the bad gift-giver. If you aren't going to put some W in your gift-giving, what are you doing? People can tell when you got someone a gift because you felt obligated to. I'd still appreciate the gift though because no one has to give anyone anything, & then what happens to the magic of Christmas? Exactly!

Anyways, shoutout to Christmas & #StillChristmas because the season of giving should be extended until New Years. Giving my guy Jesus a b-day week is only right. I mean the guy was crucified for the sins of humanity. Imagine a completely innocent man being put to death because some doodledicks were jealous of him. It's honestly upsetting to think about. It's also upsetting to think about how Israel raided Bethlehem & parts of Syria on Christmas. That is max-level corny. Jesus was born in Bethlehem & on his birthday, Israel decided to do some lame shit like that? The Israeli government has done nothing but cause chaos & destruction amongst the Middle East. The American government is definitely no-saint in these situations either. America has the power to discourage these actions, but Joe Biden isn't stepping up like a true leader should. He really sat back & let Israel raid Bethlehem on Christmas. It's sad that Joe Biden is cementing his legacy as the American president who not only let, but aided Israel in committing genocide in the Middle East; a cornball legacy. As Americans, we can, & should, stand up & work to create a better future for our country & the World, because our leaders are not really helping much at this point, imo. We are the next generation of leaders & it would be wise to start embracing that role sooner rather than later.

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Alright, well I hope you're going to be celebrating #StillChristmas until New Year's Eve. That is the #StillChristmas cutoff. By New Years Eve, we should all be focused on creating New Years Resolutions & living them out. Christmas activities must be wrapped up by then because we've got some real shit to take care of in 2024. I can already feel the energy getting bigger for 2024. I'm actually really excited for 2024 tbh. However before 2023 ends, I got something for y'all. On New Years Eve 2023, I'll be dropping ATMIX III to close out the year (& #StillChristmas). I've been working hard on it & I'm very proud of it. I hope anyone who listens to ATMIX III likes it. I can't wait to post it on here. I'll be posting the tracklist soon. Anyways, have a great day & continue to spread Christmas joy until the end of the year. You never know who might still need it.

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With Glee,

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12/22/23 11:56pm