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Dec 24, 2025 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists
(Kaieteur News) – Look at dis place nuh! Is one day to Christmas and de atmosphere is fast becoming one of frayed nerves and last-minute madness. People running up and down like fowl wid dey head cut off, wrestling fuh get in de last-minute shopping.
Dem Boys Seh, dis generation wid all dem smartphone, online shopping, and “same-day delivery” cyan even enjoy de Season. Is a masterclass in stress! But leh we tell yuh someting: de ole people, wid far less, did understand de sweet science of ease.
Dem didn’t have Amazon. Dem had “amazon”-ing sense. Since back in January, Auntie Doris had she black cake fruits soaking. By now she done cook and getting stale because stale pepper pot gat de right taste.
Uncle Joe had he sorrel bush trimmed and de ginger beer bottling since last week. Presents? Was a handkerchief, a shiny new exercise book, or a Granny grape—bought early and wrap up neat. Dem boys seh de only “last-minute” thing dem old heads worried ‘bout was who going drink de last tot of brandy.
Dem move wid a cool, deliberate joy. By de time Christmas Eve come, dem work was done. Dem could actual sit on de veranda, watch we scurry like ants, and sip dey mauby wid a serene smile. Dem understood de fundamental secret: de Season is for enjoying, not just enduring. De music, de breeze, de story-telling—dat was de main event. De preparation was just a quiet, early backstage work.
So, if yuh reading dis and yuh heart a-beat like a Soca drum because yuh tree still naked and yuh ham still in de bank, stop. Take a page from dem ole-time book. Leh de unfinished tasks stay so.
Dem Boys Seh, it too late now for panic. Abandon de battlefield.! Let dem crowded pavements be for strolling, not sprinting. Go home. Put on yuh Christmas fairy lights, strike up de music on You Tube, kick up yuh foot, and just be. Don’t overcook. Half de food on Christmas Day does gat to hot back for Boxing Day anyway.
De greatest gift yuh can give yuhself dis year is not another stress headache, but de ole-fashioned, hard-to-find peace of mind. Dem ole heads did know. Is we, in all we rush, fuhget. Merry Christmas, and try ease up nuh!
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