{"id":64616,"date":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=64616"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:41:00","slug":"12-reasons-to-be-jolly-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64616\/12-reasons-to-be-jolly-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Reasons To Be Jolly This Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season is upon us, a time of cheer and joy for all. We love to soak in the spirit and vibes of the time, thus we\u2019ve come up with 12 reasons you MUST be jolly this Christmas. Don\u2019t let us catch you slacking!<\/p>\n<p>  <b>1. MARIAH CAREY<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  All the time. Everywhere. Eternally.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/gTU95dkG9NMAAAAC\/mariah-carey-christmas.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. It\u2019s Christmas\u2026<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  This list should just end here, the fact that you\u2019re making me go on just shows how you\u2019re a Christmas hater who does not appreciate how marvelous and wonderful and jolly and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. Lebanon won the World Cup<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64591\"target\"_new\">Didn\u2019t you hear?<\/a> Hassan Maatouk scored the winning penalty at Lusail Stadium to bring back the 2022 WC home to Lebanon<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/XNbSSLOL3PAAAAAC\/world-cup-winning.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. You get to be stuck in traffic!<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Look at all the cozy community vibes enveloping Lebanon\u2019s streets, only an icy heart would fail to appreciate this.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/oXBogXoaQKnH5uz7pF\/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952d1eb93bb39458c2ff330a81f7b706bfb2ceb339b&#038;rid=giphy.gif&#038;ct=g\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. You get to buy people you hate gifts!<\/b> <br \/>  Work secret santa hits different.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/fd\/2c\/1a\/fd2c1a96b654e220d09525f006482477.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>6. You get to be blackmailed by your teta into stuffing yourself<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Don\u2019t wanna do it? Ignore those 5 men clad in black suits and balaclavas in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/bfxcDYAwqdAAAAAC\/eating-food.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>7. You get to see that one person who won\u2019t be in any future holiday pics<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/64515\"target\"_new\">situationship <\/a> that somehow made it to the dinner? A Christmas eve one night stand? No one knows.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/ac\/84\/0c\/ac840c9395d9c3e655bbc70aaf779527.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>8. The diaspora is back!<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  3anna b Canada Christmas mish hek abadan\u2026<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/XZyyLy2-4QgAAAAC\/steve-martin-annoyed.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>9. You get to smile when you get a disappointing gift<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  I\u2019m used to it, dad.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/nbNWgtnMgIYpUSy3e9\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>10. You get the Stephanie Saliba story<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  A truly inspirational Christmas tale that will light up your Christmas tree as brightly as the jewels the people\u2019s deposits bought.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/c6f248323e997a4e4bff39937952f8e9\/tumblr_pp2qaxvmkA1wzypxlo2_500.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>11. You barely get any days off<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  Getting a whole week off from Christmas to New Year? That\u2019s insane. The holiday spirit only applies when you wanna buy stuff ma tkhale mokhak yba3ed kteer okay?<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/inVvfuomoD31K\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <b>12. You get to deal with your Grinchian friends<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>  They\u2019ll make sure you know, perhaps by writing multiple <a href=\"\"target\"_new\">Beirut.com lists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lovethispic.com\/uploaded_images\/382992-Grinch-Christmas-Gif.gif\" width=\"70%\"> <\/p>\n<p> 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season is upon us, a time of cheer and joy for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":620944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-64616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[56],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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