As a person who does not feel
obligated to put up the Christmas tree very far before Christmas, I find myself
in a dilemma. When I was growing up my family did not decorate for Christmas until
right before Christmas. Actually I do not remember any decorations when I was
small, but the Christmas tree would appear Christmas morning.
Leroy and I will be gone from December 19 to December
26. We usually put the tree up on about the 14 or 15 of December and leave it
up through the church’s official notice of the Christmas season. I am not sure
that it will be worth it this time as we leave so soon after putting it up.
I am a little annoyed at my second
favorite radio station for now playing only Christmas music. I listen to the
radio in the car. At first when I heard the music I simply turned it off and rode
home in the silence around me and the noise of my thoughts. Since then I have
listened a little.
I was also astonished when I came out
of the library in the dark on the Monday after Thanksgiving to see the town
tree next to the library was all lit up for the new season. Many houses also
had festive lights. There certainly is a strong tradition for getting the
season going early, right after Thanksgiving. Even though people complain about
the commercial aspect starting too soon, I wonder if they secretly enjoy it.
I do have out a Christmas note pad
that I saw the other day. I am determined to use it up so I broke my own rule
and put it out. Guess I do not write very many notes. I also got out some small
Christmas cups because I often forget about them on the top shelf in the
cupboard. I was looking for something else today and got them out instead. Sunday
we will have our advent wreath on the table. For a change I checked ahead of
time and we do have candles for that.
We have some fall decorations and I have
seldom remembered to get them out. This year was a typical year. Decorating for
seasons is not my strong suit. Maybe I should just throw in the idea of
decorating as I spend little to no time thinking about it.
Paula
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