The Holidays are almost here,

Oh where has gone another year?

Did I make the most of it?

Did I rise instead of sit?

Was I worthy of the days?

Speaking in the kindest ways?

Fulfilling all my greatest dreams?

Growing older with esteem!

Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®

Every day is a holiday somewhere in our world!

According to EarthCalendar.net the following holidays are being observed today:

Queen’s Name Day, Sweden
Father’s Day, Taiwan
Independence Day, Bhutan
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Australia
Peace Day (End of the Iran/Iraq war), Iraq
Peasants’ Day , Tanzania
Universal and International Affinity Day, International
Saint Mary MacKillop Day, Australia

No matter where you are on the globe, these holidays offer an occasion to begin an AgeEsteem inter-generational tradition.

• Choose a holiday for the coming month from a country other than your own.
• Research to discover as much as possible about how that particular holiday is celebrated.
• Find someone from that country to help you if possible.
• With children and friends reproduce that celebration: make costumes and props, cook food associated with that holiday…
• Invite friends of all ages to celebrate the holiday with you.