I love what the Christmas season use to mean. Decorations and parties that didn't appear until December. Caroling for neighbors followed by hot chocolate and donuts. Watching "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "The Little Drummer Boy" because it was the only time you could see them.
Here in Nashville a trip downtown to see the window displays at Harvey's and Cain Sloan. And of course a trip to see Santa and share my wish list (which had been made using the Sears & Roebuck Christmas catalog).
Gifts that were picked out with love and a personal interest in what each individual might need or really, really want. There were no gift cards and we never returned gifts because that would be ungrateful.
I don't know maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic and maybe I have convenient memories of the way things used to be. After all I do remember our inflatable Rudolph melting on the spinning wheel of color that spot lighted our aluminum Christmas tree.
But I still miss paper chains, and popcorn and cranberries strung to hang on the tree. And oranges covered in cloves and strung from ribbons.
What I really want this Christmas is peace and quiet; love and understanding; kindness and compassion; and peace on earth.
That's not asking too much is it?
We just talked this morning about the downtown decorations. My treat was going downtown to shop with Daddy then going to Krystals, sitting on stools at the bar with a burger and cup of chili, only time I got chili at Krystals. Our kids are missing out on a lot.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way. Everything is moving so fast now, and no one it seems, really takes the time anymore to actually enjoy the Christmas season and all it entails. I echo your "want" for Christmas.
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