I just went to the Rail Museum Christmas party last night. Got me to thinking, that it did. Bungled Election ( from many points of view),Covid 19 all over the world. and Folks out of work because of it. What’s there to celebrate? Nuttin Hunny!
WRONG ! ! There’s a lot to celebrate if you just look around. Yeah, I think we Adults have lost sight of the Childlike wonder of the Holidays. Remember the time when you could just look over the tabletop and the Biggest cooked Bird you ever saw sat there!
Or how about Dad and others putting these strings( Whatta Mess) of lights all over the outside of the house and the weird words they said when they didn’t work right! Oh, and the Snow( If you were in that kind of area) Snow Angels, Snow Forts and Snowball Fights. Or just catching one on your tongue, only to find it tasted just like rain!
Or how about the Grown Ups acting strange around us? Almost as if we were third world spies. Still haven’t figured out how the Jolly Fat one got down our Chimney without getting Burned. In the Winter we always had a fire in all the fireplaces to keep the house warm!
But the Cocoa and Marshmallows and the wonderful smell the tree gave off in the room. The little Candle shaped Bubbler lights! The most important part? Cousins and Aunts and Uncles we hadn’t seen all year come visit. Bearing Gifts of course.
GrandFather at the table’s head giving the blessing. Thinking we were gonna bust from all that food. Then we did something unforgiveable. We grew up! What does that mean? We gripe about Crowded stores,Restaurants and Websites selling stuff.
Oh Phooey! Now there’s Covid and all kinds of Stupid stuff from Washington and our State Capitals. What’s there to celebrate? Just look in a child’s eye and if you’re smart, You’ll see all the good memories in there. Re-live them. Cause if you don’t do that, You are going to be more Miserable than The Grinch!
LIFE always throws nasty stuff at us . Don’t let it destroy your ability to feel joy, okay? And, No Matter your Beliefs. Happy Holidays!
We have weathered far worse than this. Times in days passed have been much worse. Yet we shall persevere. This like all things shall pass. Let us give thanks for all we have and have had throughout our lives. It’s just rough seas, we will see calmer waters in time. Happy holidays!!!
Well folks who lost family members,or are in tough economic situations may not want to celebrate anything.For them,they haven’t weathered worse, life is over as they knew it,I don’t think I would be up for celebrating after losing a mate or a parent either.
But for folks not directly affected,life does go on,we will deal with it.
But you can’t tell someone who lost their partner to get over it and celebrate,they need to mourn
I often think about being at a wake with a group of friends in the back talking ,sure we are upset over our loss, our next thought might be let’s go get something to eat,life goes on but for those sitting near the casket,their life may never be the same.
I’m just missing the christash sprit. I can’t find it. At all.
I didn’t lose a friend or loved one. I didn’t lose a job. In fact, I worked through this whole pandemic. I took a paycut, with the expectation of still performing the same duties, but, I guess, I was employed.
Here we are, two weeks from the big day, and I am going through the motions, but there is nothing behind it. I put on Christmas music, I suppose to “fake it 'till I make it”, to no avail. It’s killing me. I see the excitemental in my kids (even my oldest who doesn’t believe any more and is picking out his own Christmas gifts) is counting down the days.
I look back at Christmases past, and search for what made me excited, and it seems that none of that is there anymore. Family doesn’t get together for Christmas breakfast anymore, we don’t have plans for gatherings of the families this year. Our annual Christmas party at my house hasn’t happened in several years…
I put on the smile for the family, and force it for the kids, but I just don’t feel it…
It was comical in a way. Everyone Masked and obviously smiling( The Eye crinkles gave them away). Automatically moved further apart to eat. Good time I think. We have been so hurt by this Covid, that it could very well be the last personal event for this small museum!