Christmas is over...thank goodness!I don't know if it was just me, or did the stores seem a little overzealous in their holiday marketing? I particularly hated the Toyota commercial on the radio, especially when the women shouts out "Sienna!"
I worked both Christmas Eve and Christmas night, and sleeping in between. I didn't go spend any time with family. I didn't call anyone. Aside from the fact that there was no traffic while driving home Monday morning, it was pretty much just like any other day. Because of the moving situation, I didn't put up any Christmas decorations, and I have a TON of decorations. I didn't feel in the Christmas mood, sort of disconnected from it. Christmas is a religious holiday, and it seems that with each passing year, society moves further and further away from that.
Will I burn in hell if I say I don't like Christmas? Actually, I just hate what it has become, and I don't particularly feel like celebrating the commercial side of it anymore.
Next year, I think I am going to put up a Festivus pole in the front yard, and maybe a small one for inside the house.
Later in January, I'm going to have a nice dinner at my house with the family. Kant's family always has a birthday party for Jesus: a nice dinner at home where the family dresses in their Sunday best. I don't know if there is a birthday cake involved.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
Last year we were preparing to move and didn't decorate at all for Christmas. I put candy in Rodney's plain ol' athletic socks. That probably didn't help your holiday spirit - the fact that you just moved. It's incredibly draining to move - and to add any type of extra-decorating/mess/work to the mix? BLAH!
ReplyDeleteI like the birthday party for Jesus idea!