We've all heard of the song "Where are You, Christmas?" Although, I could never really relate well to that there song. But, this Christmas I can say so. It all started, or rather ended, on the day after Thanksgiving, formally known as "Black Friday."
I resented Black Friday and vowed not to go shopping...but just because that's what everybody else was doing. I didn't want Christmas to be all about the shopping this year. And it isn't.
As of today the 22nd, I have done NONE of my Christmas shopping.
Our house is not decorated with endless Christmas decor, as it has been every other year past.
We do not have a Christmas tree and probably will not get one. (This is in part because of our dog who is a destroyer of everything.)
Baking Christmas cookies? That's unheard of this year.
The only thing that tells of Christmas is the snow outside and the Christmas letters we receive from friends.
I do not have the "Christmas Spirit".
I wonder if this is usual behavior. Well, obviously it's not usual for me, but rather unusual. But I wonder if it will become usual. I do not want it to though.
I almost feel guilty for not feeling "Christmas-y" this year. I instead feel very lax and mellow; unlike all the countless others who are frantically shopping and whatnot.
So, with having said that, I wonder if I have indeed mastered the Christmas spirit of relaxing and pondering Christ's birth, instead of focusing on gifts and shopping and decorating.
But I don't know. We'll see what next year brings.
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