AND....it's over!

I know this post says it was dated January 4.  But I started writing it last Sunday December 28.

Sitting here tonight, watching some football, thinking about the past couple of weeks.  I am a little sad that Christmas is over and we are just days away from the new year.  I have to be honest, as I was looking towards Christmas, I was a little uncertain as to how it was going to turn out.  With mom and dad half a world away and Chris and Liz were heading to Vegas for Christmas, I knew this was going to be different year.  But IT WAS Christmas and I was going to have a Happy Christmas!

I put together the 5th Clinton LP Christmas CD and could feel myself being a little more Jolly!  I went Christmas shopping, which generally puts me in the mood (I KNOW, I am backwards compared to most.)  I wrapped Christmas presents, I delivered neighbor gifts and I decorated the tree.  It was beginning to look and feel like Christmas.

As the Holiday drew closer, the more I heard people say they just wanted it over.  This year I heard more people complain  about Christmas than ever before.  It dis-heartened me!  I guess more people were wrapped up in the worldly and worried about the wrong things.  To be fair and honest, my preparations for Christmas do not involve providing Christmas for others.  Which leaves me time to focus on the traditions.  Attending Christmas Parties, watching Mike continue the tradition of fizzing up Egg Nog, Christmas morning breakfast, riding around town soaking in the lights while listening to music.  This was the first time I did Christmas dinner for the family and I loved it!  The entire time while cooking I thought of my family and hoped that they would like what I was preparing.

So, once again, this year I am sad to see Christmas go.  I desperately want to hold onto these times.  The association with family and friends, Friends and neighbors doing good deeds for each other, strangers expressing kindness to small children.  I love the kindness, the camaraderie, and the good feelings of the Christmas Season.  My tree will stay up a few days longer, I continue to be kind and I will hope others will do likewise.  May we all remember the good of the Christmas Season and always do our best to keep those feeling alive!