Christmas lessons in love

Posted by Ellie Omahoney at 23:51 on 25 Dec 2009

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Spending Christmas alone this year - well, by alone I mean without Sam but with Mum and Dad, my brother, his wife, my sister, her husband and my little sister - I've got around to thinking about what the big L word means. It really is ‘All Around' at Christmas. I've never had a particular talent for it. Love Ellie O'Mahoney-style has always been more of a stumbling on through, a tripping over it when I least expect it and sometimes, once or twice, a banging my head hard and getting a big old bleeding heart for a war wound.

So I thought I'd leave the love lessons to the best worst Christmas movie there is, Love Actually. So much to learn.

Lesson 1: Women who wear matching red underwear sets are not to be trusted.

Lesson 2: You should never cheat on Emma Thompson.

Lesson 3: If your boyfriend bought you a CD for Christmas, you should probably leave him. Save time.

Lesson 4: The drummer's always a better bet than the lead singer.

Lesson 5: Life expectancy is 67 years. Far too short not to tell the person you love that you love them, though maybe not if they're going out with your best friend and maybe not with the use of flash cards outside their door on Christmas Eve.

Lesson 5: Airport Arrivals really are the place to see love in action.

Lesson 6: There's not just one person out there.

Lesson 7: It's worth getting the shit kicked out of you by love.

Happy Christmas everyone x

 

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