2024-12-28
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Hi, I'm Eliza and then Francisca.
We're growing greener and you're listening to the Happy Pod on the BBC World Service.
I'm Rachel Wright and in this edition.
You can come in and be a part of our family on Christmas.
If you don't have a family to be with because it doesn't matter who you are or what you believe.
We're Hindus, you know, but we still believe that we should celebrate everything.
The family offering hugs in their shop on Christmas Day to help tackle loneliness.
I think what I would like people to get from that movie is that in your life,
whenever you're faced with a challenge or a sad situation,
if you focus on that, your entire life is going to get dark and sad.
One family's quest to find a lifetime of visual memories.
Plus Slowly, slowly we thought about how can we move from Naples?
What can we do in a rural area to feel happy?
We meet the couple who want to encourage Italians back to the countryside
and the restaurant in Paris where most of the staff have down syndrome.
They feel like they are useful, they feel like they have a nice job that they like.
They feel like they are like working like everybody else.
Many people around the world will have celebrated Christmas this week with their friends and family,
but for some, Christmas can be a very lonely and isolating time.