I kinda feel like Charlie Brown in the TV Special. I get a little down on Christmas Day and after.
Why?
Dunno...but it's been that way for awhile, but I must explain.
The period leading up to Christmas Day I love. The whole Holiday Season. I like the cooler temperatures, the decorations, the smells, and the music...ahh yes, the music.
The music is simply the best part. After singing for so long during school and being surrounded by great Holiday music every year, it's no wonder I love the sounds so much. Dad had the entire collection of Firestone Christmas albums and I remember listening to them. Some great folks on those pieces of vinyl. I have several CDs of Christmas music of all genres, but I didn't listen to any of them this year. Stupid me.
I miss being able to fully decorate the tree. Can't do that anymore because the cats are notorious for tearing up the tree and I sure don't want our valuable Hallmark ornaments failing any gravity tests. Heck, this year I missed out on decorating the tree all together...it was bought and put up while I was at work. The outside lights were a disaster this year...every set we bought last year worked ok at the start, then it seemed like each day another portion of a strand would fail. It almost was like an organized effort to piss me off. We bought more strands to fill the gaps and now there are so many light strands on the bushes..they are hopelessy tangled.
I also miss seeing my brother and his family on Christmas morning.
So, we have the event that is Christmas morning...Santa came..woohoo!
Dinner was fantastic, and I stuffed myself. BTW, we had a chinese food dinner on Christmas Eve that was awesome!
It's now evening and I have to be at work to open in the morning, life goes on. There are so many instances I wish I could just stop time...things just go by so fast.
Posted by mrchipper at December 25, 2007 07:16 PM